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Originally Posted by redpoint5
A turbo seems unnecessary in a hybrid vehicle because one could simply increase the power output of the electric motor to make up for lack of power in the ICE.
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Reminds me of a talk I had with the son of the owner of an eyeglasses shop, when his father had bought a hybrid Volvo S60. It was quite interesting to notice Volvo resorted to the twincharger approach instead of that pneumatic impeller featured to a twin-turbo Diesel to mitigate turbo-lag. Whenever some altitude compensation is desirable, even though turbo-lag will remain more noticeable at higher altitudes, it's hard to point out a turbocharger as unnecessary at all.
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Assuming a sufficiently sized battery and motor combo, I can't see a practical reason why you'd ever need more than 100 hp from the ICE.
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Considering what older trucks were expected to do with engines which would nowadays be seen as underpowered by the average Joe even if they could fit into some random econobox, I wouldn't be so surprised to see engines under 100hp into something within the size bracket of the Ranger and Chevy Colorado. Once in a while I still see some S10 from the '90s adapted with the 153 engine (or its Brazilian 151 derivative).