Are Electric Cars Worse For The Environment? Myth Busted

Why HN readers recommended it

HN commenters link it repeatedly as a clear, number-based rebuttal to the claim that EVs are worse for the climate than gas cars.

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

Engineering Explained

Topic

electric vehicle emissions

Format

explainer

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

5

HN mentions in dataset

16

Recommendation years in dataset

2018–2023

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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• The article doesn't talk about greenhouse gas emissions, so the power grid and fuel source isn't really relevant to the point, especially since oil is an extremely small part of the energy mixture in most places.[1] If they were talking about greenhouse gases, then the …

• Here's a video I liked on the carbon costs associated w/ gas & electric cars. Check out video's sources for further reading. [VIDEO] -- "Are Electric Cars Worse For The Environment? Myth Busted" -- Engineering Explained

• Citation needed. The literature I've seen suggests that an electric vehicle easily makes back any deficit quite early in its life. An easily digestable version of this calculation is here: [VIDEO]