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by n17r4m 3199 days ago
IIRC, a car engine runs at about 25% efficiency and a power plant usually exceeds 40%.
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throwaway613834 3199 days ago
Great! This is the kind of number I was hoping for; thanks!

The remaining part is how much efficiency is lost in between (charging, transformers, etc.)... hopefully it's not a significant fraction of the difference?

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