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submitted 4 months ago by schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de to c/xkcd@lemmy.world

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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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[–] Malfeasant@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] rockstarmode@lemmy.world 0 points 4 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.

Also not everyone has access to a charger where they sleep.

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee -3 points 4 months ago

I don't need to