Electricity is really good at rotating things. So that's what turbines are. That's what just rotate. And that's what it does best. Gasoline, you need your Rube Goldberg device to end up turning your wheels. Right? We use reciprocating motion to create circular motion with combustion engines versus circular motion for like motor. Exactly. Perfectly worded. The rotary engine does exist. The engine just brings your mask in your commercial. Yeah. Mm hmm.
What's the maximum a car can accelerate? Neil deGrasse Tyson, Chuck Nice, and Gary O’Reilly learn how fast cars can really go, how tires work, and the differences between combustion and electric cars with host of Engineering Explained, Jason Fenske.
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