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|    Sir Tim to shaun.at.pukekohe@gmail.com    |
|    Re: 2026 regs commentator terminology    |
|    15 Feb 26 11:23:48    |
   
   From: no_email@invalid.invalid   
      
   ~misfit~ wrote:   
   > Is any one else getting sick of hearing pudits waffling on about how the   
   > 2026 PU's power comes   
   > 50/50 from the ICE and the battery (via the MGU)? It's not a PHEV FFS,   
   > all of the power is coming   
   > from the ICE. Some of it is pushed into a battery and then deployed by   
   > the MGU but it all comes   
   > from the ICE.   
   >   
   > I've watched the Sky 1 hour wrap-ups of the three days testing so far (as   
   > well as Ted's notebooks)   
   > and they keep prattling on about the new regs. Not once has any of the   
   > multitude of pundits   
   > mentioned or explained that all of the power   
   > actually comes from the ICE.   
   >   
   > Ok, as you were. Rant over. ;)   
      
   Iām a child in these matters, but surely energy is recovered under braking   
   (ERS)? Or is your argument that the speed needed for the brakes to generate   
   electricity is created by the ICE in the first place?   
      
   --   
   Sir Tim   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   
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