PickVidsBest Cars, EVs & motorcycles Videos
The 171 Cars, EVs & motorcycles videos here were recommended by different people across different months. Choose by who it is for: 3 introductory, 20 intermediate, 145 for a general viewer, and 3 for someone who wants the harder derivation. Most of them are an explainer. What they share is that one picture or analogy is used to supply a missing concept. Channels you will keep seeing include Engineering Explained, Everything Electric CARS, FortNine.
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.
Motorcycle Airbags Exist – But No One Uses Them?
FortNine surveys motorcycle airbag technology and explains why airbags have not reached mainstream adoption.
The Senseless Ambiguity of North American Turn Signals
Technology Connections explains why North American tail light rules, which allow red turn signals and flashing brake lights, make signals ambiguous.
Why Teslas Are Bad At Towing (Today)
Engineering Explained uses physics to show why today's electric cars, including Teslas, are poor at towing, pointing to battery energy density and weight.
The simple, clever sensor behind automatic windshield wipers
Technology Connections explains how automatic windshield wiper rain sensors work, using an infrared light source and total internal reflection in the glass.
Giga Castings with Sandy | Evolution of Tesla Bodies In White
Sandy Munro and Cory discuss how Tesla Model 3 and Model Y bodies in white have evolved over five years, including giga castings and lean design.
Renault F1 engine playing God Save the Queen
A short clip of a Renault F1 engine playing God Save the Queen by precisely controlling its RPM, recorded at Goodwood.
Why We Can't Have Small Trucks Anymore - Blame the EPA
All Cars with Jon explains how EPA fuel economy rules, especially the footprint-based CAFE formula, push automakers away from small trucks.
Tesla Model 3's motor - The Brilliant Engineering behind it
An engineering explainer on why Tesla abandoned the induction motor for the Model 3 and used an IPM-SynRM design.
Honda e First Drive | Fully Charged
Robert Llewellyn of Fully Charged takes an early, 19-minute test drive of the Honda e electric car in Frankfurt.
BMW i3 Factory Production Tour
A 41-minute factory tour showing how the BMW i3 electric car is built from start to finish, in the style of a Megafactories documentary.
1925 Doble E-20 Steam Car - Jay Leno's Garage
Jay Leno tours and drives a 1925 Doble E-20 steam car, once owned by Howard Hughes, covering how it starts up and runs.
What *Really* happens to used Electric Car Batteries? - (you might be surprised)
JerryRigEverything tours Li-Cycle to show how lithium-ion batteries from EVs, phones and tools are recycled.
Why it's not possible to synchronize turn signals (but also absolutely is)
Technology Connections explains why car turn signals appear to drift out of sync at stoplights and how thermal and other flasher designs work.
Master Hands - Chevrolet Manufacturing (1936)
A 1936 Chevrolet promotional drama, 'Master Hands', showing car manufacturing from foundry to finished vehicle in Flint, Michigan.
I put Koenigsegg’s freevalve tech on a Miata... It runs and drives!
Hobbyist Wesley Kagan shows his Miata running and driving with a homemade version of Koenigsegg's freevalve camless valve technology.
Rolling a Reliant Robin | Top Gear | BBC
In this Top Gear segment Jeremy Clarkson tries to roll a Reliant Robin three-wheeler through Barnsley, with celebrity helpers trying to keep it upright.
Orkney 'Surf n Turf' | Fully Charged
Fully Charged's first of three reports from the Orkney Islands, covering the Surf 'n' Turf project that uses surplus wind and tidal power for hydrogen and electric vehicles.
Why Dutch Bikes are Better (and why you should want one)
Not Just Bikes explains why upright Dutch-style bicycles are comfortable and practical, and why they are rare outside the Netherlands.
Here's Why the Chevy Bolt is the Uncool Electric Car
Doug DeMuro reviews the 2017 Chevy Bolt, which has a $37,500 base price and 238 miles of range.
Tony Seba: Clean Disruption - Energy & Transportation
Stanford futurist Tony Seba argues that electric vehicles, battery storage, solar and autonomous vehicles form a 10x exponential disruption that will make fossil fuels obsolete within about a decade.
This is the Worst Car I've Ever Reviewed
MKBHD reviews the Fisker Ocean electric SUV and concludes it is the worst car he has reviewed, going through its many problems.
Tesla Crash Lab | Data-Driven Safety
A short Tesla promotional video touring the company's Crash Lab.
Tesla Self Driving vs Everyday Roads!
Marques Brownlee records an uninterrupted drive using Tesla's Full Self Driving beta (v10.69) on ordinary roads.