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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] -2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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?

[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

A hybrid car is a very different beast than a diesel-electric train.

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