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Originally Posted by Should be biking
VW sold the Jetta hybrid with a 1.4 turbo
I3 Rex and got a class action lawsuit because people didn’t want to be stuck doing 50mph on a hill after the battery ran out.
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California legislators should have been the ones sued as they required the Rex to engage only at 1-2% SOC (dead battery)
The Euro spec programming allows you to run 500-1000 miles without slowdown because you can engage the REX at will even with ann80% (full) battery