The lower-voltage hybrids will give you better efficiency than you'd get with a conventional vehicle, but they still don't provide the power you need to do full hybridization. For that, you've got to jump to something higher — at least 200V. Given the spectrum of voltages available in the electrical system, you get all the efficiency from the higher voltages, so why spend your time on the 'in-between' voltages?

Tom Watson

Tom Watson