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Originally Posted by SIKSUKR
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The leading cause for extra fuel use in city driving is the starting from a standing stop. In a gas/electric hybrid, the electric motor is the first stage of the system, so you remove gas engines inefficiency at this task.
While the electric motor in a hybrid does very well in the city (start/stop) driving, it does not do very well on the highway. Higher energy draw at higher rpm and less than great torque response, so the gas engine has to pick up the tab.
Now that you presented me with this question, I completely understand where your statement was coming from.