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Originally Posted by richierocket
Ecky, you quoted the 40% ICE efficiency, but isn't that just the PEAK efficiency when you're riding the island on the BSFC plot? For most drivers, most of their driving is far off this peak. So the average ICE efficiency is down <20%.
People on this forum are aware of that and drive for efficiency but the vast majority of people do not. So if an electric motor is at 90% for all driving conditions, then doesn't that make more sense for majority of people?
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Modern hybrids do a fantastic job of keeping engines in this range, as they can nearly entirely decouple the engine from the tires, only running it as needed and nearly always in its most efficient range.