electricity and preformance.............. - Toyota Yaris Forums

Sidicas · 12-27-2009, 08:22 PM

Yup. You can't magically pull electricity out of nothing. It takes work to generate electricity, and to make that work, the engine burns fuel. The more electricity you need, the more load the alternator puts on the belts, and then the more work the engine needs to do to keep it rollin' which saps your available horsepower.

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12-27-2009, 08:22 PM	#1
Sidicas Drives: 2010 Toyota Yaris Hatchback Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: NY Posts: 82	Yup. You can't magically pull electricity out of nothing. It takes work to generate electricity, and to make that work, the engine burns fuel. The more electricity you need, the more load the alternator puts on the belts, and then the more work the engine needs to do to keep it rollin' which saps your available horsepower.