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dieortin • yesterday at 12:05 AM • 1 reply • view on HN

Very impressive for a combustion engine, but still way worse than the ~90% efficiency of a battery electric car


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trhway • yesterday at 12:30 AM

If your electricity comes from hydro, solar, wind - yes. If your electricity comes from fossil fuels - best power plant efficiency 60% - then not really. In US fossil fuels generate 60% of all the electricity.

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