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[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

for example? i didn't think evs had been around that long. there are lots of gasoline engines from 1950 that still run.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

They mean outrun in terms of acceleration/speed in a straight line, not outlast

[–] [email protected] -4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

okay well that's definitely true but I don't see why that matters very much

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Because you interpreted that commenting correctly so your comment makes no sense.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

They meant to say you interpreted the comment incorrectly, but that got autowronged to "commenting correctly".

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

They weren't talking about how long EVs have been around, but for anyone curious EVs generally predate ICE cars and were quite popular around 1900. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_electric_vehicle