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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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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Most because of their lease ending and wanting the absolute newest

Technology is moving so fast that this seems like a reasonable approach to me.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Which is also the reason why I wish to wait for the technology to stabilize a little.