I was wondering about the hidden charge. Honda can deny it but I don't believe them. The charge goes up with no charge shown for sure.

I wish a couple things were different. My drive always starts with big hill climbs followed by smaller hills and ending with a big ole downhill. By the time I get to the big ole down hill the "hidden" charging has the pack charged to the point that downhill sections do not add any charge to the pack.

The "assist" works different on a cold engine than a warm one. I can climb at about 30mpg on a cold engine without kicking the assist on. Once the car warms up the assist starts kicking in at around 45mpg so it is impossible to climb hills without the assist kicking in. I like to use assist for acceleration but not hill climbing. This actually works in my favor as the biggest hill climb is when the engine is still cool.