427K views · Mar 10, 2021 · 13:52 · 2 HN recommenders · 3 mentions · discussed 2021–2022
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 Hacker News points people here: HN cites it for reasonable estimates comparing the emissions of EVs, hybrids and ICE cars.
“I like this youtube video that goes over various crossover points.”HN comment, 2021
“I like this youtube video that goes over various crossover points.”
Goes over break-even mileage of Tesla versus RAV4 variants
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: this video I think 5k miles is a bit low, and using tesla as your only source biased.
“I think it is an interesting exploration of the topic”
Compares CO2 emissions of EV, hybrid and ICE cars
this 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 than Tesla's numbers. I would definitely be interested in exploring this further. It seems probable to me that we won't have a better grasp on this for years yet as EVs are still pretty new and not widely adopted. this video
“Engineering Explained has made several videos with reasonable estimates”
Reasonable estimates of EV versus ICE emissions
Though not a write up per se, Engineering Explained has made several videos with reasonable estimates: link this video link
