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xkcd #2948: Electric vs Gas(xkcd.com)

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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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Really the biggest part of the price gap now seems to be volume. Not enough new cars to offset the R&D and bring prices down. Not enough new cars for there to be a healthy used car market. And especially not enough non-premium cars

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