Both of these videos make good points and I don't think there's much disagreement on the board wrt hybrids being a much better current solution to electric vehicles. I had hoped the TED presentation would make it clear that either an electric or PHEV will produce significantly less CO2 if charged entirely with solar panels. Practically, this can become a burden with a vehicle driven more than 30-40 miles a day as one of these vehicles driven 40 miles a day on electric energy requires ~300 kwh a month of charge.
And, of course, if one is being perfectly honest, you're counting carbon offsets and not actually charging your car at night from your solar panels unless you also install a system like a Tesla Powerwall, (13.5kWh).
My current choice for a car for the remainder of the 2020s is a Toyota Prius Prime. These aren't widely available yet but should be by next year. Given my average monthly mileage a tank of fuel should last three months. And bonus feature, not going to a gas station very often is the best feature of a hybrid car.
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