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`BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE )
`AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT and
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`BMW OF NORTH AMERICA,
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`Petitioners, ) IPR2020-00994
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`) Patent 7,104,347
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`PAICE LLC and THE ABELL )
`FOUNDATION, INC.,
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`Patent Owners.
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`The Virtual Deposition of
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`GREGORY W. DAVIS, Ph.D.
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`Date: June 16, 2021
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`The virtual deposition of GREGORY W. DAVIS,
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`Ph.D., called by the Patent Owners for examination,
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`pursuant to the applicable rules, taken
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` APPEARANCES: (All parties appeared remotely)
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` CROWELL & MORING
` By: MR. VINCENT J. GALLUZZO
` 1001 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
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` FISH & RICHARDSON
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` GREGORY W. DAVIS, Ph.D.
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` E X H I B I T S
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` NUMBER MARKED FOR ID
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` Exhibit 1 "Issue in Cold Start Emission
` Control for Automotive IC
` Engines" Sun, 1998 28
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` BMW 1001 U.S. Patent 7,104,347 14
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` BMW 1008 G. Davis Declaration 51
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` BMW 1013 U.S. Patent 5,343,970
` Severinsky 4
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` BMW 1022 U.S. Patent 5,650,931
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` BMW 1097 SAE Paper, "Developments in
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` Systems" NordgÄrd 22
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` BMW 1088 G. Davis Reply Declaration 31
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`MR. LIVEDALEN: We should make appearances I
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`MR. GALLUZZO: For Petitioners this is Vince
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`GREGORY W. DAVIS, Ph.D.,
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` having been first duly sworn, was examined and
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`EXAMINATION
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` BY MR. LIVEDALEN:
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`Q Good morning, Dr. Davis.
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`A Good morning.
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`Q I'm going to hand you an exhibit we'll start
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` chat box like we did last time if that works.
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`A All right.
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`(Document marked previously as BMW
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`Exhibit 1013 was presented.)
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`Q Let me know when you receive it. This is
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` BMW 1013.
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`A All right. And you know, I have a copy of
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` that as well, a hard copy.
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`Q Okay. If you want to use the hard copy,
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` that's fine. I assume it's a clean version?
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`A Yes.
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`Q Okay. So what is BMW 1013?
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`A It's the Severinsky '970 patent.
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`Q Okay. And can you turn to column 18,
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`A Okay, I'm here.
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`Q And if you look at column 18, lines 34
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` through 42, do you see that section?
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`A Yes, I do.
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`Q Okay. And if you actually look at I guess
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` line 36 it says, The vehicle will operate in a
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` highway mode with the engine running constantly
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` after the vehicle reaches a speed of 30 to 35 miles
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`A Yes, I do.
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`Q Is it your opinion that that 30 to 35 miles
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`A Well, I believe I discuss that in my reply
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` declaration, but what 30 to 35 miles per hour
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`Q But is it for turning the engine on or for
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`A So the 30 to 35 represents road load which I
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` believe -- I'm trying to see what level that was.
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` He referenced that I believe is about 60 percent of
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` engine MTO and it's the actual road load that is the
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` Q Right. But I'm asking is the sentence here
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` referencing 30 to 35 miles per hour talking about
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` A Well, again the threshold is a road load
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` hour, the engine will be running constantly. So in
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` load that would turn the engine on.
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` Q Okay. So it's your opinion that the 30 to
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` A It corresponds to a road load threshold. Of
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` course it's using road loads, torque levels, load
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` road load set point.
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` Q Okay. I understand it's your opinion that
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` A It corresponds to a road load set point
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` under typical operating conditions that will turn
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` Q Okay. And it's only used for turning the
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` engine on, right, not turning the engine off?
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` A I'm not sure I understand your question.
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` Q Okay. Let me ask a different question. The
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` next sentence says, The engine will continue to run
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` A No, again it's a similar -- similar
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` represent a lower road load requirement for the
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` the threshold that you would use to turn off the
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` under typical operating conditions speeds, you know,
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` to prevent the engine from cycling on and off, they
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`Q Okay. So it's your opinion that the 20 to
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`A Under typical operating conditions. And
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` is at the higher speed, I believe it was 30 to
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`Q Right. But you'd agree with me that the
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` reference of 20 to 25 miles per hour corresponds, in
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` your opinion, to a torque set point for turning the
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` A Again, under typical operating conditions,
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` Q Okay. So it's your opinion that Severinsky
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` It's your opinion that Severinsky has a
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` Then the engine would continue to run as
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` So if you're then operating at a lower road load,
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` then of course the engine's going to shut off.
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` Q So in other words, it's basically like a
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` a lower 73 degrees to turn the air conditioner off?
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` Does that make sense?
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` MR. GALLUZZO: Objection, form.
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` A Well, it is a hysteresis band built into the
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` MR. GALLUZZO: Objection, form.
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` A I think if you read the -- I guess, you
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` Q All right. I'm going to hand you another
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` 1001.
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` A If I remember right, that's the '347 patent,
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` A I think I probably have a copy of that one.
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` Q You've got it in front of you?
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` A Yes, I do.
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` Q Okay. Can you go to Figure 9, please?
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` A Okay.
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` Q And if you look at the diamond labeled 100,
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` A I believe here, yes, it's being used as a
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` A Well, of course it depends on the battery
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` state of charge shown in 110.
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` the comparison between road load and the 30 percent
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` A Yes.
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` A I'm there.
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` Q So at Figure 7(a), do you also see the
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` A Yes, on the Y axis, yes.
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` Q So again that 30 percent MTO corresponds to
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` MR. GALLUZZO: Objection, form.
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` A I mean as we looked at in Figure 9, that
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` Q Right. In this example though, you'd agree
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`A Well, in Figure 7(a) always -- I mean, it's
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`So at point B on Figure 7(a), the road load,
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`Q And at that point, the engine torque output,
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`A No. It looks like it stays at 0 for a
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`Q Right. So shortly after point B, which is
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` Q And at point D in Figure 7, the engine
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` A Yes.
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` Q Right. But in Figure 7(a), the engine
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` MR. GALLUZZO: Objection, form.
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` Q Okay.
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` Q Well, in other words, the torque operating
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` BMW 1022, the Nii reference.
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` A I think I -- I think I have that.
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` Q Are you there?
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` BMW 1022 is the Nii reference, is that right?
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` Q Okay. And if you can go to column 1,
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` Q If you look at line 40, it says, To minimize
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` obviously the emissions and efficiency of an engine
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` vary as a function of speed and load.
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`Q Well, assuming that an engine is at the same
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` load and rotational speed, wouldn't maintaining the
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` minimize exhaust gas?
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`MR. GALLUZZO: Objection, form.
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`A Trying to unpack that question. I'm not
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` quite sure I followed all that.
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`Q Let me ask a different question.
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`Are you saying that Nii is not trying to
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` eliminate harmful exhaust gas by maintaining the
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` engine output at a constant value?
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`A I think Nii is, as a practical matter,
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` trying to minimize exhaust gas and improve the fuel
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` efficiency of the vehicle by minimizing the
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` transient response of the engine because of course,
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` one of ordinary skill in the art would understand
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` you can't just totally eliminate that.
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`Q But by minimizing, you're saying to keep the
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` engine output as constant as possible, right?
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`A To minimize the transients, the transient
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` output of the engine. And I think Nii sort of talks
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` about that and I believe I have something on that,
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` if I could find it in my reply.
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` Q By transients, you mean change in engine
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` load, right?
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` A I mean change in engine load, change in
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` engine speed as well. Both of those are a
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` transient, okay.
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` Q So if you go to column 2.
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` A Actually, here you go. Here's where I found
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` it in my report, my reply on paragraph 48, okay,
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` where I say, this is demonstrated in Nii itself.
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` For example, Nii never says that the engine is held
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` compared with those of traditional vehicle. This,
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` after all, is one of the goals of all hybrid
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` vehicles since the engine efficiency is sensitive to
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` changes in engine load and speed. And I would point
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