schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de to xkcd@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 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 · 6 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-squareMonkderDritte@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·edit-26 months ago Best of both worlds! This is a joke, right? Efficiency is atrocious. Hybrid cars were a topic in germany a few years ago. Laws provided funding for them too (grouped as EVs), despite their huge weight and low efficiency. I think it was solved since then?
minus-squareosti@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·6 months agoThe “Best of both worlds!” was the part that should have told you that it was a joke. That and the fact that the statement is purposely ridiculous.
minus-squareDaPorkchop_@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 months agoA hybrid car is a very different beast than a diesel-electric train.
This is a joke, right? Efficiency is atrocious.
Hybrid cars were a topic in germany a few years ago. Laws provided funding for them too (grouped as EVs), despite their huge weight and low efficiency. I think it was solved since then?
The “Best of both worlds!” was the part that should have told you that it was a joke. That and the fact that the statement is purposely ridiculous.
A hybrid car is a very different beast than a diesel-electric train.