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Old 06-12-2008, 11:14 PM
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Default Re: Does higher battery charge equal more assist?

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Originally Posted by spartybrutus View Post
I think the HCH2 tends to allow more IMA assist when there is a higher SOC in the battery.
Yup, when the SoC is totally full it wants to give up juice for the slightest excuse.

5 seems a level of homeostasis for my car--I regularly hit 7 (sometimes 8) bars on my commute, but it drops the charge back down to 5 very quickly. I hit 4 bars every once in a while, but for the most part it knows to stay above that point.

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Commuter car, grocery getter, and summer road tripper--average 10k miles per year.


Winter road trips and ski trips, bad weather commuter and my wife's "daily" driver--expected average 4k miles per year.
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