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Originally Posted by Egon
That still leaves you the entire ICE powertrain of a Hybrid, as well as suspension, weight savings and cosmetic and accessories among other things. Even so as the market grows, and it will grow, more things will be possible as people get more comfortable with the systems involved. I remember very clearly how difficult it was to modify anything with electronic fuel injection in the past, and now it is so routine, that it has completely flipped and now no one knows how to adjust a carburetor. And considering some of the performance mods that people do now I don't think too many people are going to be all that concerned about modifications that shorten battery life.
As performance enthusiasts we really need to stop coming up with reasons not to embrace stuff like this, it is coming like it or not, and it is going to keep performance cars viable even as emissions and fuel consumption continues to come under increased scrutiny. With the performance possible from Hybrid systems that we have seen in F1 and Le Mans Prototypes even drastically scaled down for consumer use we are going to be very pleased with the performance increases possible from these systems. I am personally looking forward to it.
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You need amps to gain performance. You do that by increasing the voltage, or lowering the resistance. If in stock trim, the amps are regulated down, then say tuned for max, the circuits carrying the amps will be in a possible bad situation, and then the battery life will shorten as well. Do you really think GM or ford who pinch every penny, are going to leave any headroom? This is not something as simple as tuning an injector, this is redoing a complete electrical distribution system. Basically to achieve any real gains from the electric motor system it will have to be completely replaced.
I don't want the complexity, or costs of a system I see as a non benefit, esp as the ICE engine is scaled down because of the added hybrid tech.
In the end it will not matter much anyway, the car enthusiast is slowly fading away.