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xkcd #2948: Electric vs Gas (xkcd.com)
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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[-] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 4 points 4 months ago

The majority of sound for cars are not the motor but the wheels compressing air, after I think 50kph, the sound of an ev or a ic is basically the same.

[-] Ephera@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 months ago

Well, in a neighborhood, cars won't always be driving 50 km/h. And the engine will be especially loud, when they need to accelerate after a turn or whatever.

Either way, I do hear the difference when an electric car goes by.

this post was submitted on 19 Jun 2024
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