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Re:Toyota Chief Says ‘Silent Majority’ Has Doubts About Purs... by epolanski on Monday December 19, 2022 @04:10AM (#34050040)
That still makes no sense, you can use the engine to generate electricity directly like the Honda Jazz does.

https://insideevs.com/reviews/443380/2020-honda-jazz-fit-hyb...

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Re:Toyota Chief Says ‘Silent Majority’ Has Doubts About Purs... by kube-system on Monday December 19, 2022 @09:36AM (#34052496)
Internal combustion engines are approximately 30% efficient. It doesn’t matter what you strap on to the back of the engine, the shaft only spins with 30% of the energy that you put into it.

Combined cycle turbines are about 60% efficient.

Does this make sense?

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