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Why ridiculous? After all, it's been put in place for the express purpose of reducing greenhouse gas emissions [1], and at least in Norway it seems to be effect

• dogma1138 9y ago
  Because it didn’t, it was hugely biased against CO2 emissions only which allowed the European favored Diesel engines to appear much less polluting. On top of that the policy focused heavily on engine “size” which again favored Diesel engines and vehicle weight which effectively screwed over early plugin hybrids and currently screws over large families and luxury cars. The weight and capacity policy has also been abused to make luxury and performance cars considerably more expensive despite being more economical and less polluting at road speeds.
  • quickben 9y ago
    Sport cars have stronger engines, luxury cars are heavier. How do you get from that to 'more economical' ?
    • dogma1138 9y ago
      Because the policy doesn’t take into account actual fuel consumption and emissions. The BMW 520d has a combined MPG of 72 and 79 road, it’s still at a higher category than many less efficient cars simply because of how the policy is structured. For gasoline engines specifically you’ll also find that many performance cars do offer higher efficiency at road speeds than your sluggish 1.8L minivan.
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