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xkcd #2948: Electric vs Gas (xkcd.com)
submitted 5 months ago by schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de to c/xkcd@lemmy.world
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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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[–] aidan@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

But I don't see why I'd ever buy a new car

[–] volodya_ilich@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It doesn't matter, my point stands, half the people in the US who buy new ICE cars could buy electric cars for the same of less money. My whole point is that the price has gone down a lot.

[–] aidan@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Do half the people buy new cars?