Why are electric cars cheaper than petrol/diesel ones when electric heating is more expensive than gas?

Question

Why is combustion cheaper than electricity to run when it comes to heating but not when it comes to transportation?

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Answer 1

Because of the energy types and mechanisms.
– Natural gas is cheaper than oil.
– Combustion engines lose a ton of energy to heat, rather than it all becoming mechanical energy.
– Electric engines are great at converting to electrical energy into mechanical energy.
– To create heat with natural gas, you just need a spark and some oxygen, and you are unlocking the energy that is already stored in the gas.
– To create heat from electricity, you have to convert the electricity into a new form of energy.