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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] 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Actually, piston engines are really bad a torque. It's why they need a flywheel or a large amount of pistons.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

On the other other hand, gas car makers have regulators by the ballsack. So we've got that going for us which is nice

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