schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de to xkcd@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoxkcd #2948: Electric vs Gasxkcd.comexternal-linkmessage-square711fedilinkarrow-up11.15Karrow-down144file-textcross-posted to: evs
arrow-up11.11Karrow-down1external-linkxkcd #2948: Electric vs Gasxkcd.comschnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de to xkcd@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square711fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: evs
Alt 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.
minus-squaredan@upvote.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-25 months agoThis was originally allowed in the USA, but NHTSA banned it: https://www.teslarati.com/nhtsa-wont-allow-evs-to-have-unlimited-or-custom-pedestrian-alert-sounds/. Otter countries might still allow it.
minus-squareSotuanduso@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·5 months agoI can see it making sense. If you’re blind and you hear the sound of a waterfall approaching you, you’re not going to immediately think “that’s a car.”
minus-squaremodifier@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·5 months agoOtter countries are famously permissive.
minus-squareVindictiveJudge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·5 months agoI hear they even allow hand holding in public.
minus-squaredan@upvote.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoI’m not even going to fix that typo. We need more otter countries.
minus-squaremodifier@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoIt’s the very definition of a happy accident.
This was originally allowed in the USA, but NHTSA banned it: https://www.teslarati.com/nhtsa-wont-allow-evs-to-have-unlimited-or-custom-pedestrian-alert-sounds/. Otter countries might still allow it.
I can see it making sense. If you’re blind and you hear the sound of a waterfall approaching you, you’re not going to immediately think “that’s a car.”
LoL, the best comment!
League of Legends?
Otter countries are famously permissive.
I hear they even allow hand holding in public.
I’m not even going to fix that typo. We need more otter countries.
It’s the very definition of a happy accident.