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mahboi • yesterday at 10:02 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

The heat and noise do scale with how much gasoline you burn. That's part of the whole ICE being less efficient than battery in terms of input chemical energy vs output mechanical energy. It cancels out when you're calculating regular vs towing range. The engine is the same efficiency either way.


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mahboi • today at 12:44 AM

Oh, it's not the same efficiency either way though, got some good explanations elsewhere