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Originally Posted by nerys
Again it does not come from the gasoline - sure some of it does but most of it comes from regen. http://www.nerys.com/ |
Did you ever pass a high school physics class? The physics of science fiction do not work here. The regen just makes the car's use of gasoline more efficient. Electricity is only an energy carrier in this case.
Try this, fill up a non-plugin hybrid with gasoline, drive it until it runs out of gasoline. How much further will the batteries take the car on flat pavement? The batteries will soon die because regen is LESS THAN 100% efficient. Regen would need to be greater than 100% efficient (science fiction) to keep going without gasoline.
You will need to put gasoline in to go any further.
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