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xkcd #2948: Electric vs Gas (xkcd.com)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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An idling gas engine may be annoyingly loud, but that's the price you pay for having WAY less torque available at a standstill.

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 3 months ago (36 children)

It's about the battery, nerd. 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄

[–] [email protected] 30 points 3 months ago (35 children)

We'll just do what trains do.

Replace the battery with a massive diesel generator. Run that to get power to the electric motors.

Best of both worlds!

[–] [email protected] -2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

Best of both worlds!

This is a joke, right? Efficiency is atrocious.

Hybrid cars were a topic in germany a few years ago. Laws provided funding for them too (grouped as EVs), despite their huge weight and low efficiency. I think it was solved since then?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

The "Best of both worlds!" was the part that should have told you that it was a joke. That and the fact that the statement is purposely ridiculous.

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