the curb weight is considered because their assumption is that a heavier vehicle takes more manufacturing and therefore does more harm to the environment. so build your vehicle out of unbleached post-consumer products and you'll be in the green. robyn
-----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Kim Brennan Sent: Monday, February 16, 2004 10:17 AM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: "green" cars (NVC)
> plus the toureg fails miserable in their three biggies: tailpipe emissions > take under normal driving conditions, fuel economy, and curb weight. It's that curb weight value that I find annoying/disturbing. I mean, I could probably design a vehicle that gets 50mpg and weighs 4 tons. (it would accelerate worse than a tortoise, but that'd be the price for good fuel economy). And according to their parameters it wouldn't be "greener" than a vehicle getting 20mpg. |
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