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Originally Posted by jakobnev
people don't randomly choose their vehicles, the people who actually end up driving the volt will benefit more from it's ev-only capabilities than the average driver would.
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Most people would do well driving an EV, but their formula takes in to account the materials that go in to making a vehicle, not just what the vehicle is running on, thus a vehicle with an aluminum body or titanium or something else exotic that was energy intensive to build would get fewer points, it sounds like their formula is crude to a point because they just look at vehicle weight to figure the energy to build it and on average a heavier car is going to take more energy and have a larger environmental impact to refine the metal and plastics that go in to it.