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

submitted 4 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] 35 points 4 months ago (39 children)

Only thing stopping me having one is cost.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (20 children)

A 2 year old Polestar 2 with 12,000 miles just cost my buddy slightly less than $25k. You can't even get an Accord with that age and mileage that cheap these days! Hertz dumped a bunch of them on the market recently, they were too much fun to be a profitable rental so they're absurdly cheap right now

[–] [email protected] -5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (18 children)

Sounds good until you have to replace the battery. I want one of the rivian rts but they are still too pricy even used.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yeah good thing ICE cars don't have anything expensive that breaks after 300,000 miles like an engine or a transmission...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Well, mine has gone through 1 set of rear axle bearings,one stupid oem heater bypass pipe assembly thst i swapped out for a stainless steel replacement, and two propeller shafts

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