Everything Electric CARS: the videos Hacker News recommends
Not the channel's most viewed videos: the ones HN commenters kept linking with real commentary. The top pick, "Orkney 'Surf n Turf' | Fully Charged", hN cites it for Orkney's surplus renewable energy, hydrogen facilities and EV uptake.
- 1 HN recommenders 1 months 2017–2020documentaryHN cites it for Orkney's surplus renewable energy, hydrogen facilities and EV uptake.
- 1 HN recommenders 1 months 2016–2018news clipHN points to it in electric aviation threads for how small electric motors enable contra-rotating props.
- 1 HN recommenders 1 months 2020–2024demoLinked as concrete evidence that automated battery swapping already works in practice, especially in China.
- 1 HN recommenders 1 months 2019–2024documentaryHN commenters cite it as a concrete, working example of large-battery electric shipping with fast automated charging.
- cited 4× 0 months 2023–2025documentaryHN points to it as a real example of battery swapping and diesel-to-electric conversion for heavy trucks.
- cited 3× 0 months 2016–2020documentaryCited as an example of Orkney's grid innovation and role as a test site for renewable tech.
- cited 5× 0 months 2020–2025demoHN commenters bring it up in EV-adoption threads as an answer to how people without driveways can charge on the street.
- cited 8× 0 months 2019–2025demoHN points to it as the real-world example for the garage orphan problem, meaning EV owners with no home charger.
Questions
Which Everything Electric CARS video does Hacker News recommend most?
Orkney 'Surf n Turf' | Fully Charged: recommended in 1 different months by 1 HN users between 2017 and 2020.
Is this every Everything Electric CARS video?
No. Only videos that at least three different HN users linked, in at least three different months, with at least a sentence of their own commentary. That filter is what makes the list useful.
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