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Old 08-28-2008, 01:59 PM   #8 (permalink)
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90 day: 54.46 mpg (US)

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Originally Posted by MasterAlex View Post
This goes back to that 100 hypermiling tips (the one about breaking) wouldn't it be more efficient to break and keep it charged then try and accelerate later while the car tries to recharge it?
That ranking was based on the assumption that you had a fair amount of control over how much you were pulling OUT of the pack, so you could use it sparingly (and therefore have to recharge sparingly). I've only driven the Toyota system, personally. From what PaleMelanesian says, maybe your car's system is harder to control.

But I'd still bet that if we had two of your cars, and one driver maximized coasting while the other employed regen, the coaster would get better MPG, regardless of when & how the computer decided it needed to recharge.
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