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Old 03-20-2018, 09:49 AM   #14 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by cowmeat View Post
You'll see it does that at stop lights when you coast to a stop. It's one of the things I used to like about my G1 Insight too.
The ICE will run for a couple of seconds and then shut off as you're slowing, and as you take off you'll be on EV power until the ICE kicks back in, so as you're getting up to speed you aren't burning gas.
Yes, but I have seen it do this on the highway with the cruise control set. When the battery gets above it's CS threshold it shuts the engine off and cycles back and forth between ICE and battery depending on SOC.

Again, I believe this is a rare occurrence. I don't recall if I was drafting at the time or not.
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