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Re:Treating beef like coal would make a big dent in greenhou... by beerandt on Friday October 01, 2021 @02:35PM (#28721970)
No- electric motors generally perform better at lower speeds, gas at higher speeds. Especially so in direct comparison.

Which is why hybrids often switch from electric to gas past some determined speed.

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Re:Treating beef like coal would make a big dent in greenhou... by sudosysgen on Sunday October 03, 2021 @10:37AM (#28737508)
That's only true because the electric motors don't have a gearbox but the gas engines do.
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