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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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[-] sudoku@programming.dev 2 points 4 months ago

The way of Toyota hybrids! Though those can power wheels somewhat-directly too.

[-] Krtek@feddit.de 2 points 4 months ago

And almost fully do at highway speeds with how everything is geared

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