[kube-system]

ICE engines mostly generate waste heat, even when natural gas is the fuel.

Generating the power across town with the same fuel (in a turbine instead of ICE), transmitting it, converting it to DC to charge a battery, converting that back to AC and spinning an electric motor is more efficient. Yes there are more steps, but none of them are anywhere near as awful as ICE efficiency.

[epolanski]

That still makes no sense, you can use the engine to generate electricity directly like the Honda Jazz does.

https://insideevs.com/reviews/443380/2020-honda-jazz-fit-hyb...

[kube-system]

Internal combustion engines are approximately 30% efficient. No matter what you do with that energy next, you’ve already lost 70% of the energy.

Combined cycle turbines are about 60% efficient.

Does this make sense?