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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] 22 points 6 months ago (78 children)

Gasoline motors can be recharged in a couple of minutes.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago (32 children)

I plug my car in in seconds

[–] rockstarmode 0 points 6 months ago (29 children)

And then wait an hour to get acceptable charge levels for range. Filling up at a gas station is much faster.

This is not to say electric vehicles aren't a good idea, the charge rate and convenience while traveling are issues we need to improve on.

[–] Malfeasant 10 points 6 months ago (2 children)

You can't fill your gas tank at home while you sleep...

[–] rockstarmode 0 points 6 months ago

I'm not at home sleeping when I'm out traveling. I'm referring to multi hour or multi day drives. This is an extremely common use case where I live.