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The 80s Tercel weighed something like 900 kg, while an RAV4 weighs 1150 kg. This also has an impact. And the RAV4 has many more goodies that eat electricity -
by ptaipale 12y ago
The 80s Tercel weighed something like 900 kg, while an RAV4 weighs 1150 kg. This also has an impact.
And the RAV4 has many more goodies that eat electricity - and did the Tercel even have aircon? Yes, the catalyser burns some fuel, but it is not the only thing there.
The biggest thing probably is that the RAV4 is much more powerful, and in the measurement cycle, the more power there is in the engine, the more of it is used, so the nominal consumption goes up. And to some extent this happens in real life as well. Modern cars are quite overpowered for the actual purposes of transport. Power is nice, because you can feel it when you kick the gas pedal. But that does eat fuel.