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xkcd #2948: Electric vs Gas (xkcd.com)
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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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[–] mortalic 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Or just use the clothes dryer circuit... Charge the car overnight.... Get all the range.

[–] LordKitsuna 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You don't even need the clothes dryer circuit, the vast majority of people don't drive enough in a day to need anything more than a standard 15a outlet

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Tech Connections showed this pretty well.