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Comment by LUmBULtERA | Hacker News Reader

Anyone know why they don't seem to have looked at Tesla at all? Weird to omit the largest EV seller in America by far.

They did. Have a look at the spreadsheet from the report. The Tesla Model 3 Long Range has a Green Score of 64. Not sure where they pulled the chart from in the NYT article, but it would still fall at 11; just off the list. The actual data if sorted by "Green Score" (tried to look up the scoring methodology but the website is down: https://greenercars.org/news/2024-methodology-update) looks like this before you hit the first Tesla (when removing duplicates and similar models).

TOYOTA PRIUS PRIME SE

Hyundai Ioniq Electric

Mini Cooper SE Hardtop 2 Door

Mercedes-Benz Smart Fortwo ed Coupe

BMW I3

Hyundai Ioniq Plug-in Hybrid

Kandi K23, (254Ah)

Nissan Leaf

LEXUS RZ 300e (18inch Wheels)

MAZDA MX-30

Tesla Model 3 Long Range

https://www.aceee.org/sites/default/files/files/LEED2024.xls...

Thanks! Interesting. Yeah, when I clicked to look into what was going on it seemed the website was down for me too. Whatever the methodology, it must not have to be efficiency, because "2021 Tesla Model 3 Standard Range Plus RWD" tops everything according to Fueleconomy.gov. Makes me wonder how something like the BZ4X scored higher.

Thanks for the sheet this was super enlightening. I was comparing my pacifica phev with my polestar, and the pacfica has a green score of 57, vs 53 for the polestar. This really seems like a methodology issue likely related to hours of operation vs miles driven.

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