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More possibilities than flies on a dead Kangaroo's Bum
Please accept my example and as example only (i based this example on the little amount that i have read about the Honda Insight (a small ICE with electric assist)..... i wished it to simply demonstrate one of the thousands of possible configurations that could be used dependant upon an individual's vehicle and driving requirements.
Me personally, in my old GMH automatic, i would love to try using the ICE to accelerate to 40 km/hr (using optimum throttle position, at which the transmission changes into top gear), then use the electric motor to assist up to 60km/hr; which is a little sluggish. That makes the best use of the torque of the engine/auto trans to accelerate to 40km/hr. Above 60 km/hr it accelerates quite well using the optimum throttle position (arrived upon by many years and kms of monitoring the 'grand daddy' vacuum gauge). Having said that, I'd love to verify this will some real time fuel consumption gauge. [sigh].
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