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Originally Posted by Ecky
Don't need to press the button. When you let off the gas in gear in a manual, it cuts off fuel to the engine. 
Only problem is that you also have drag from spinning the engine. Sometimes that's an advantage though, when you're actually trying to come to a stop. |
Oh, duh, yeah, I forgot about that.
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Originally Posted by Ecky
That's the only place it gets charge from, really. You never plug it in, you have to regen as much as you use with assist. If you never use assist, you'll basically never have to regen - though regenerated energy is where most electricity used to power headlights and computers and whatever.
Assist is nice in that you can keep the engine at lower RPMs for a given amount of acceleration. It's very possible to keep the tiny 1L below ~1500rpm most of the time and keep up with traffic with hybrid assist.
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The Insight doesn't have an EV mode though, right? I was thinking like if I didn't use regen but instead maximized EOC coasting ability, I could just plug the battery into the grid charger to recharge.