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Why wouldn't they just deactivate all cylinders together for short bursts of time?
Add a capacitor bank and a generator/motor flywheel IMA style, dump the alternator and starter motor; it would be like a mini hybrid but without the extra weight.
Unlike a normal hybrid it would pulse on and off in quick succession; charging the capacitor banks when running on gas, depleting them when not.
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