THE VIDEO SHELF · ev versus hybrid emissions
Is A Toyota SUV "Greener" Than A Tesla?
Engineering Explained compares the lifetime CO2 emissions of a Toyota RAV4 Prime plug-in hybrid with a Tesla Model Y, looking at break-even mileage and whether electric cars are worse for the environment.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN cites it for reasonable estimates comparing the emissions of EVs, hybrids and ICE cars.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Engineering Explained
- Topic
- ev versus hybrid emissions
- Format
- explainer
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 3
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2021–2022
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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I like this youtube video that goes over various crossover points. The tesla beats the RAV4 prime at ~45k miles and a rav4 ICE at ~28k miles: [VIDEO] I think 5k miles is a bit low, and using tesla as your only source biased.
novok on Hacker News · 2021-10
In Dutch forensic lab says it has decoded Tesla's driving datathis video compares co2 emissions of a tesla vs hybrid vs regular ice car. I think it is an interesting exploration of the topic although I think the presenter had a hard time getting correct data and his data on the EV is more conservative …
hasdf on Hacker News · 2021-11
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