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minus-squareZamboni_Driver@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 days agoThere is probably an elevated risk of killing cats in any electric vehicle because there are fewer signs that the car is “on” and about to drive.
minus-squareSeefra 1@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 days agoIdk, I find that at low speeds electric cars are louder than modern internal combustion. They have that SciFi drone sound.
minus-squareZamboni_Driver@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 days agoNot when parked. A cat would thi k it was a parked car.
minus-squareBeeegScaaawyCripple@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 days agothere are those newfangled ICE cars that turn off instead of idle. i don’t quite know how i feel.
minus-squareburntbacon@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoIt’s not really all that newfangled. It was part of the eurozone’s requirements for cars and was put in other places as well. I think that it’s approaching a decade now. My neighbor’s 2017 has it.
minus-squareBeeegScaaawyCripple@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agothe pandemic really fucked with my sense of time. the last week has taken a decade and the last decade feels present.
There is probably an elevated risk of killing cats in any electric vehicle because there are fewer signs that the car is “on” and about to drive.
Idk, I find that at low speeds electric cars are louder than modern internal combustion. They have that SciFi drone sound.
Not when parked. A cat would thi k it was a parked car.
there are those newfangled ICE cars that turn off instead of idle. i don’t quite know how i feel.
It’s not really all that newfangled. It was part of the eurozone’s requirements for cars and was put in other places as well. I think that it’s approaching a decade now. My neighbor’s 2017 has it.
the pandemic really fucked with my sense of time. the last week has taken a decade and the last decade feels present.