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A hybrid has taken most of the improvements in technique off the table and automated them. Little benefit from pulse and glide. Certainly you don't want to use battery power to accelerate. Best to save that for low speed steady cruise.
Best thing you can do to improve fuel economy is drive slower.
I have shifted to N in my Prius to allow the vehicle to keep the engine off while building up speed, but I believe that shuts off an oil pump that lubricates some mechanicals, so I'll leave it in gear from now on. That, and the reason the engine turns on above a certain speed is to keep the MG RPM within safe limits.
I like your idea to travel in the vehicle.
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