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Are Electric Cars Worse For The Environment? Myth Busted

Engineering Explained · explainer · Watch on YouTube

Cars, EVs & motorcyclesClimate policy, solutions & debateRenewables, batteries & storage

What it is

Engineering Explained works through whether electric cars are really worse for the environment than gasoline cars. It covers battery production emissions, the electricity mix used to charge, and how long an EV takes to break even on lifetime emissions.

Why Hacker News recommends 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.

  • 5 people recommended it
  • 5 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2018, last 2023

What HN commenters said

  1. “does a decent job explaining though I feel he leaves a few parts out for the sake of clarity”

    Explains EV versus gas emissions depending on location

    rfeather, 2018-11 · Recommendation · in “Oil Demand for Cars Is Already Falling”

  2. “Here's a video I liked on the carbon costs associated w/ gas & electric cars.”

    Liked video on carbon costs with sources provided

    PopeDotNinja, 2019-06 · Recommendation · in “If Seeing the World Helps Ruin It, Should We Stay Home?”

  3. “An easily digestable version of this calculation is here”

    Easily digestible calculation showing EVs repay manufacturing deficit early

    bennyelv, 2019-08 · Recommendation · in “Singapore Says Musk's Electric Cars Are About 'Lifestyle,' Not Climate”

  4. “Engineering Explained did a good video doing the math behind the carbon footprints of ICE versus EV over the life of the car”

    Math on lifetime carbon footprint of EV versus ICE

    Sohcahtoa82, 2021-05 · Recommendation · in “$365B wiped off cryptocurrency market after Tesla stops accepting Bitcoin”

  5. “good breakdown”

    Good breakdown of build energy versus lifetime emissions

    theluketaylor, 2022-08 · Recommendation · in “Electric vehicles are way more energy-efficient than internal combustion”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: ev vs ice, lifecycle emissions, battery manufacturing, grid mix, climate

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