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submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/xkcd

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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] 10 points 6 months ago (1 children)

When accelerating my Leaf makes a "woooooooooooOOOOOOOOP" noise I've seen described as the "UFO sound"

Tbh I like it a lot more than the vroom of even my motorcycle cuz it's funny

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

I do love the whine of the drive units when going full throttle on EVs, it reminds me how much current is surging through those wires