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Old 06-07-2016, 01:31 PM   #4 (permalink)
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My understanding of mild hybrids is that most of the savings come from being able to downsize the engine, which you're obviously not going to be doing by bolting on an electric motor to the existing engine. You'll be able to recover a little bit of energy that would otherwise be lost doing braking, but it might not even offset the additional weight of the batteries.
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