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Old 04-17-2021, 06:45 PM   #13 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by redpoint5 View Post
Those eco modes annoy me almost as much as sport mode for most of these EVs in that they rarely improve efficiency, and usually only make the skinny pedal less responsive.
Not exactly true.
For example, on my hybrid Toyota, A/C is completely electro-powered.
When you enable ECO mode and A/C is in Auto mode it also changes A/C behavior completely.

So, efficiency comes not only from controlling the powertrain.
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