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Re:NYC allows citizens to report idling vehicles in exchange... by abraae on Sunday March 20, 2022 @02:43AM (#30740667)
Eh? If an EV is idling then there's no "electricity flowing from its batteries".
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Re:NYC allows citizens to report idling vehicles in exchange... by wolverine876 on Sunday March 20, 2022 @02:44AM (#30740673)
What does "idling" mean for the EV? Also, people often idle in order to use power, such as for heat, AC, the refrigerator in the back, etc.
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Re:NYC allows citizens to report idling vehicles in exchange... by _nalply on Sunday March 20, 2022 @02:56AM (#30740726)
When idling an internal combustion engine burns fuel just for not stopping. This needlessly wastes fuel, causes CO2 emissions, stinks and spreads unhealthy soot blackening lungs and walls of nearby people and houses.

An EV engine just stands still. If people use power, they draw that from the battieres, however this energy is not wasted but employed for something useful.

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Re:NYC allows citizens to report idling vehicles in exchange... by wolverine876 on Sunday March 20, 2022 @07:28PM (#30747916)
> an internal combustion engine burns fuel just for not stopping

True, if it's idling, but many (most? all new?) ICEs now automatically stop when the car stops.

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