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Old 10-06-2005, 12:13 PM
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Default Re: 'pulse and glide' tips

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Originally Posted by livvie
so at 41mph, you let off the gas and the prius shuts off the engine?
At any speed when you let off the gas, or use the brakes it shuts the engine off, but at under 41 the engine can actually stop spinning, whereas above 41 it has to spin (like the 2006 HCH will spin the engine while in "EV" mode) so that MG1 doesn't overspin.
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