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Originally Posted by philmcneal
how long should you hold the gas pedal for from 40 miles per hour to 65 miles per hour again? and what should the MPG readout be when your "pulsing up to speed"? it seems when you pulse with electric assist you get high mpg but it seems your battery takes the hit for the better.
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That's a good question. And the Hypermiler would approach this from one of two standpoints. Either by establishing a minimum MPG readout during the pulse--OR-- by establishing a maximum amount of assist during the pulse. Both would determine how long or how far to push the gas pedal during the pulse.
I'll let someone else suggest the most efficient figures, but for MGP method it might be 17-20 MPG min (or a number of "blocks" on the bar graph) for the pulse. The assist method would be zero-5bars during the pulse.
One really has to experiment, or rely on those who have.