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Cars, EVs & motorcycles Videos Recommended on Hacker News (171)

Cars, EVs & motorcycles is one of the 150 topics Hacker News readers organize their video recommendations around. These 171 videos each earned real recommendations in real HN threads between 2010 and 2026 — 267 recommendations in total — and they're ranked by how many separate months the community kept coming back to them, not by view count.

Automotive: car engineering, electric vehicles, Tesla, engines, hybrids, thermal management, factory tours, car repair, motorcycles, safety gear, car design, racing, Munro teardowns.

Why HN keeps sending people here — on Around The Corner - How Differential Steering Works (1937): “this video explaining differentials is from 1937 and is a marvel of pedagogy” — an HN commenter, 2019.

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15 mo on HN

Around The Corner - How Differential Steering Works (1937)

US Auto Industry
17 HN recommender · 2013–2024
9 mo on HN

Cities Aren't Loud: Cars Are Loud

Not Just Bikes
10 HN recommender · 2021–2025
5 mo on HN

How Differential Gear works (BEST Tutorial)

ConceptVBS
5 HN recommender · 2013–2020
6 mo on HN

A New Car UI: How touch screen controls in cars should work

Matthaeus Krenn
4 HN recommender · 2017–2023
5 mo on HN

These Stupid Trucks are Literally Killing Us

Not Just Bikes
11 HN recommender · 2023–2026
5 mo on HN

The 919 Tribute Tour: On-board record lap, Nordschleife.

Porsche
3 HN recommender · 2018–2026
6 mo on HN

Why Electric Bikes are More Dangerous than Motorcycles

FortNine
5 HN recommender · 2021–2025
5 mo on HN

Spinning Levers - How A Transmission Works (1936)

US Auto Industry
5 HN recommender · 2018–2026
5 mo on HN

1959 Chevrolet Bel Air vs. 2009 Chevrolet Malibu IIHS crash test

IIHS
5 HN recommender · 2014–2026
5 mo on HN

The Grille Trend that Kills 509 People per Year

FortNine
5 HN recommender · 2024–2026
4 mo on HN

Riding through Iran on a small motorcycle as British person.

c90adventures
4 HN recommender · 2016–2021
4 mo on HN

Crash Course - The SMIDSY

lbtv
3 HN recommender · 2018–2023
4 mo on HN

Simulating an Entire Car Engine (yes, it makes noise)

AngeTheGreat
4 HN recommender · 2023–2025
4 mo on HN

Electric car chargers aren't chargers at all – EVSE Explained

Technology Connections
4 HN recommender · 2021–2024
4 mo on HN

Why Cars Rarely Crash into Buildings in the Netherlands

Not Just Bikes
4 HN recommender · 2020–2023
4 mo on HN

How The Auto Industry Carjacked The American Dream | Climate Town

Climate Town
3 HN recommender · 2021–2025
3 mo on HN

Prius Hybrid Drive Explained

Niels Blaauw
3 HN recommender · 2019–2024
3 mo on HN

A Complete Beginner's Guide to Electric Vehicles

Technology Connections
3 HN recommender · 2022–2026
3 mo on HN

Understanding the Toyota RAV4 Hybrid

WeberAuto
3 HN recommender · 2023–2026
3 mo on HN

Old car headlights were all the same — which was a fairly bright idea

Technology Connections
4 HN recommender · 2022–2023
3 mo on HN

The Stealership Trap - Why We Need the Dealership "Rip Off"

FortNine
3 HN recommender · 2022–2024
3 mo on HN

Invisibility Training for Motorcyclists

FortNine
4 HN recommender · 2019–2026
3 mo on HN

Killing a Toyota Part 1 | Top Gear | BBC

Top Gear
3 HN recommender · 2011–2026
2 mo on HN

Sabine Schmitz's Nurburgring Van CHALLENGE | Top Gear - Part 2

Top Gear
2 HN recommender · 2018–2025
2 mo on HN

The Cannonball Run Countach: Supercar Legend | Full Documentary

Hagerty Drivers Foundation
2 HN recommender · 2022–2023
2 mo on HN

The Miniature Microcars of Amsterdam

Not Just Bikes
2 HN recommender · 2021–2025
2 mo on HN

Understanding the Honda CR-V Hybrid E-Drive

WeberAuto
2 HN recommender · 2024–2025
2 mo on HN

No Body Steering Bike of the California Superbike School

superbikeschool
2 HN recommender · 2021–2022
2 mo on HN

Is Keeping Your Old Car Better For The Environment?

Engineering Explained
2 HN recommender · 2021–2025
2 mo on HN

The Senseless Ambiguity of North American Turn Signals

Technology Connections
2 HN recommender · 2020–2024
2 mo on HN

The simple, clever sensor behind automatic windshield wipers

Technology Connections
2 HN recommender · 2024–2026
2 mo on HN

Renault F1 engine playing God Save the Queen

Chris Billett
2 HN recommender · 2015–2024
2 mo on HN

Tesla Model 3's motor - The Brilliant Engineering behind it

Sabin Civil Engineering
2 HN recommender · 2020–2022
2 mo on HN

1925 Doble E-20 Steam Car - Jay Leno's Garage

Jay Leno's Garage
2 HN recommender · 2015–2024
1 mo on HN

Why it's not possible to synchronize turn signals (but also absolutely is)

Technology Connections
1 HN recommend · 2021–2024
1 mo on HN

Master Hands - Chevrolet Manufacturing (1936)

US Auto Industry
1 HN recommend · 2015–2019