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Originally Posted by Steve Carlton
If you use the gas engine to charge the battery, it'll be less efficient. Still, it would have been nice to have the option to charge the battery regardless of efficiency so you'd have more quiet miles available before the next plug in. I don't think lacking this feature means "Toyota out-engineered GM," though.
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One thing that I never understood is why it won't add charge to the battery when in "hold" mode. I use "hold" when I'm on the highway and it would be great if the generator would add charge to the battery beyond what the charge level is at when you hit "hold." There are times when going down hills that energy is wasted. Driving on a hilly highway you can increase the charge level by switching to "normal" at the top of the hills and back to "hold" at the bottom of the hills. This should be automatic.