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Old 01-30-2006, 08:16 AM
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Default Re: ICE starts & stops

Since the battery is fully charged, touching the brakes cannot cause the regenerative brakes to operate. Instead, the engine is turned with no/little fuel used in order to slow the car with the load from engine compression.
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