From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2026-02-15 01:24, ~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. ;)   
      
   You need to learn the difference between "power" and "energy".   
      
   And I would also bet large without even checking that the battery starts   
   the race fully charged, and that energy (not "power") doesn't come from   
   the ICE.   
      
   And a quick check reveals that that's not quite right, but close:   
      
   The battery starts out at something around 85% charge, because (and I   
   should have thought of this) the braking system is regenerative and if   
   the battery were charged to 100%, there might not be sufficient capacity   
   to take the energy from the first braking event.   
      
   So after that initial charge in the pits, all the energy that the   
   battery has will come from the ICE...   
      
   ...but power is another story.   
      
   "Power" is a measure of the rate at which energy is USED.   
      
   So the pundits are correct.   
      
   :-)   
      
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