jdeolivares
Well-Known Member
It does recharge using regenerative braking when you select hybrid mode. It also can be recharged by plugging it in. The main difference with the plug-in hybrid vs the plain hybrid is the plug-in hybrids have a larger battery and mileage range than the plain hybrid running all electric . In the 4xe, 25 miles on the fully charged battery .The only thing I don't really like about the 4xe is that you have to plug it in to recharge (at least that's how I understand it so far). I wish it was like the Civic that recharges from friction when braking, and IIRC a trickle when using the gas engine. You could then run you estimated 25 pure electric miles without drawing from any outside sources, which truly makes it greener.
On the topic of greener, I'm surprised they didn't choose green accents instead of blue ones for that reason. Although I'm glad they didn't because I really like the blue (which is why I previously accented my JL with blue).
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