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		bryanlarsen 3 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: In New York City, congestion pricing leads to mark... Yeah, you're not shifting into neutral on your ICE car to coast from 57 to 55 either, you're just releasing the accelerator. You've still got the motor engaged, so you're doing mild engine braking on the ICE even if it's vernacularly called coasting.

margalabargala 3 days ago [–]

Thanks to the magic of automatic transmissions, there's basically no difference!

Certainly not enough to make up the EV tire wear from regen.

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