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Re:Toyota has stepped up lobbying to preserve its investment... by chipsa on Wednesday July 28, 2021 @12:55PM (#27986005)
You can size the PHEV range extender engine to be much closer to the steady state power requirement, and tune it towards such as well. The BMW i3 uses a literal scooter engine for the range extension.
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Re:Toyota has stepped up lobbying to preserve its investment... by shadilay on Wednesday July 28, 2021 @06:50PM (#27990777)
The i3 can't do more than 40mph when using the scooter engine.
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Re:Toyota has stepped up lobbying to preserve its investment... by chipsa on Monday August 02, 2021 @10:21AM (#28036862)
It can do more than that, especially if you've got the Euro-spec Hold State of Charge coded to be enabled. With HSOC, you just drive as normal and the scooter engine tries to keep the battery at the charge level you turned it on at. You only really notice that the car is noisier.
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