Is the electric vehicles better or worse?
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They’re silent, there’s no transmission (you can get smooth continuous acceleration from standstill to top speed), they use regenerative braking so there’s almost no wear on the brake pads and you don’t have to worry about overheating the brakes on mountain roads. They’re mechanically much simpler. They’re generally heavier than an equivalent gas car, and the battery generally has less range than a gas tank (although 300 miles of range is plenty IMO). They’re more expensive. Being able to park at home and charge is a lot nicer than having to periodically fill a gas tank, but charging on the road is slower than filling a gas tank. Finding a charging station when traveling takes some planning, unlike finding a gas station.
As a vehicle, I’d say electric is objectively superior, but it’s more reliant on infrastructure, and in some regions the infrastructure is lacking.
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