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Originally Posted by MetroMPG
Too fun.
I used my tired Insight pack in reverse: rarely used assist, but I used regen (when I had to) to feed the pack. I figure that regen was powering my 12v stuff at least.
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Yes, that's exactly what I had been doing for the last 2 years since I bought the car. Clutch switch turned on almost all the time, and then I have an Auto-Stop I would use for Engine-Off Coast. The IMA motor would restart the car, but I never otherwise used assist.
But the pack got worse and worse, and so recently I removed it so that at least I'd save some weight. The new LTO setup changes the game completely.
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Originally Posted by mpg_numbers_guy
Be sure to count the cost of electricity used, as the mpg numbers will be artificially high. What is the cost of electricity by you? If electricity is cheap, this may be a good way to offset the cost of the conversion.
Awesome stuff you're doing with the car.
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Electricity is cheap here, and at most I could expect to only put 1 or 2 kilowatt hours into it. But I haven't got this setup yet.