2948: "Electric vs Gas"

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2948: "Electric vs Gas"

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

Yeah, but on the other hand, the mascot of electric is Elon Musk...
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Re: 2948: "Electric vs Gas"

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But you also have to consider energy storage. On one hand, tanks of gasoline are extremely cheap to produce and quite energy dense but on the other they're also quick to replenish.
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