You assume they can't get a better battery/motor combo and they couldn't use clutches to disengage the motor from the engine. It will be interesting to see what the next gen IMA system will be like. Considering the disadvantage IMA has over HSD you would think it would be doing worse in a head to head comparason of mpg.

If you look at the civic hybrid with a pretty much first gen IMA system and compare it to the first gen prius system it seems honda isn't doing too bad.

One thing that will be interesting is to see what honda has planned for IMA in the future. Maybe the next gen civic hybrid will give us an idea.

My hydroponics experiment

You ever notice how hard it is to lip read cartoon characters?
"Crazy is what the sane call Delta Flyer"