What might be the trade-off with the proposed vehicle fuel efficiency policy?
Reading Pipeliner's link to a WSJ article, I found this article.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124294901851445311.html
From the article ...
"The (2001) NRC study concluded that the subsequent downsizing and down-weighting of vehicles, 'while resulting in significant fuel savings, also resulted in a safety penalty.' Specifically, the NRC estimated that in 1993 there were between 1,300 and 2,600 motor vehicle crash deaths that would not have occurred if cars were as heavy as they were in 1976."
How does this compare with the NGVs? Are they also made of the same light-weight materials to improve fuel efficiency & emissions?
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124294901851445311.html
From the article ...
"The (2001) NRC study concluded that the subsequent downsizing and down-weighting of vehicles, 'while resulting in significant fuel savings, also resulted in a safety penalty.' Specifically, the NRC estimated that in 1993 there were between 1,300 and 2,600 motor vehicle crash deaths that would not have occurred if cars were as heavy as they were in 1976."
How does this compare with the NGVs? Are they also made of the same light-weight materials to improve fuel efficiency & emissions?
Pipeliner
You are welcome to the link.
Here is an article from an English newspaper stating the Prime Minister is considering the British government giving away electric cars for free.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2008/07/21/electric-cars-c...
You are a widget manufacturing company making a widget that no one wants to buy and you have to give it away for free. This does not seem like a good business plan. Good luck getting investors or bank loans. Unless your company is owned by a government, with deep-pocketed tax payers to bankroll the operation.
May 22, 2009
P.G.
May 22, 2009