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Originally Posted by nbalthaser
additionally, 06 has all-cylinder deactivation while the 05 has 3 cylinder. that results in less vacuum pumping losses when the ice is switched off and accounts for a rather large gain in the efficiency of the regenerative braking (which i think is improved somethin glike 30% over 05.)
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I can tell that the regenerative system is incredibly efficient. Yesterday I was in a commercial bank window line, autostop on, ICE OFF, air on, with AC full on. The battery drained down to one over my 10 minute wait. Within about 5 minutes of driving it was recharged past 50% and fully functional again. Interestingly, auto stop kept working the whole time, which surprised me.