"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
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In article ws.net,
Doctor Drivel wrote:

The 4-stroke internal combustion engine is inadequate. It requires an
in-line gearbox, shifting up and down torque, as it cannot deliver the
power/torque directly on demand as an electric motor does.

Which means with the batteries
exhausted as they will be after a certain
distance

The batteries are never exhausted. The electric motor is always powered.

snip drivel