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by crazygringo 971 days ago
> Yes, transmission has losses, but gas cars are an atrocious 15-20% efficient

I thought you had to be exaggerating, but I just looked it up and you're right.

Holy moly. I'm genuinely surprised this isn't more widespread knowledge. I never hear it come up in most conversations around the pros and cons of EV's.