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Isaac Zachary · 05-25-2021, 12:06 PM

I don't think it's all doom and gloom. Hydraulic hybrids normally compress a gas by pumping hydraulic fluid into an enclosed "accumulator" with a gas filled bladder. And those can reach some surprisingly high levels of efficiency: 80% IIRC.

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Isaac Zachary High Altitude Hybrid Join Date: Dec 2020 Location: Gunnison, CO Posts: 1,985 Avalon - '13 Toyota Avalon HV 90 day: 40.45 mpg (US) Prius - '06 Toyota Prius Thanks: 1,055 Thanked 545 Times in 436 Posts	I don't think it's all doom and gloom. Hydraulic hybrids normally compress a gas by pumping hydraulic fluid into an enclosed "accumulator" with a gas filled bladder. And those can reach some surprisingly high levels of efficiency: 80% IIRC. __________________ Last edited by Isaac Zachary; 05-25-2021 at 12:17 PM..