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Originally Posted by bwilson4web
Now if the community is happy with auto-stop being labeled a "mild-hybrid" and the consensus is folks are happy with it, I won't stand in the way.
The lack of motive power on electricity alone takes an auto-stop out of the range of a hybrid gas+electric vehicle.
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I agree that "mild hybrid" is a term devised to muddy the water and that vehicles of this type should simply be called "autostop" instead. It certainly misled me.
But the above definition of hybrid seemingly excludes Honda Insight, HCH, and maybe HAH because AFAIK none of them will move on electrical power alone. Perhaps a gas/electric hybrid would be "a vehicle that develops significant portions of its motive power from both gas and electricity"?