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Originally Posted by WishIhadatruck
We've discussed this before. This is the closest to a confirmation I've ever seen. It almost seems like MonaroSS was the one that argued it won't ever charge back up with the gas engine. The reasoning was it will only add to the charge/discharge cycles. If you drive much farther than 40 miles on a regular basis then if the batteries are charged up with the gas engine it creates another charge cycle. Limiting the charge cycle to a plug in environment limits most people to 1-2 charge cycles per day which should increase battery life. I recall the discussion got pretty heated.
Lutz did say something more recently that seemed to go against this however. I don't remember when he said it but I recall him saying that it would be smart enough to know when you were going home and not bother to charge up the batteries. Using GPS it would keep track of where you typically charge the car and if you were heading to that location it would leave the batteries in a lower state of charge when you arrive to minimize gas use and maximize battery use. I suppose this may be true even if the gas engine never fully charges the batteries. Maybe it keeps it in a 30-50% range and will allow it to drop to 30% as you approach home? We'll have to wait and see.
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WishIhadatruck, thanks mate for remembering that.
I explained how it all worked in detail and nobody in that thread believed a word I said......
