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Re:Tell HN: I think I found Toyota's battery by tomp on Thursday August 03, 2023 @04:25PM (#36991307)
> That's because an internal combustion engine wastes the majority of gasoline's energy as heat, while electric motors use most of the battery's energy to move the car.

I guess that depends on your perspective and/or where you live.

I rented a Tesla in December once and was freezing the whole drive. A gasoline engine generates extra heat you can use to heat the cabin, whereas an electric car needs extra heaters (which IME weren’t working that well in that old Model S)

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Re:Tell HN: I think I found Toyota's battery by dreamcompiler on Thursday August 03, 2023 @10:05PM (#36994582)
Heating the cabin was a known problem with older Teslas, especially because resistive heating reduced range significantly. Newer Teslas use heat pumps which are much more efficient.
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