"charles" wrote in message
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Vir Campestris wrote:
On 10/08/2013 20:02, polygonum wrote:
That would tend to make the battery-carrying impact even more on the
stop-start/short range electric car than the fuel weight on long
journeys.

In the stop-start scenario they can (and do!) use regenerative braking -
recharge the battery with the motors instead of throwing the energy
away. That's what they are really good at - that and not having a
tickover burning fuel even when sitting still.

and my Mazda 6 diesel does both those things. It uses the regenerated
energy to power the starter.

For all of five seconds.