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Originally Posted by Haku
Yes, the only thing that bothers me greatly is that they've calculated that Hummers somehow cost less. That logic is simply lost on me. I for one would never own a SUV to begin with, much less a Hummer.
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In looking at the article, I noticed that it said that the cost per mile was calculated including the cost to develop the vehicle and bring it to market: "CNW Marketing Research Inc. spent two years collecting data on the energy necessary to plan, build, sell, drive and dispose of a vehicle from initial concept to scrappage."
The hummer was very slightly modified from an existing military vehicle to civilian use. It makes sense that the overall cost would be less than for vehicles where some of the systems are being designed from scratch. I see this as one of those "lies, d***ed lies, and statistics" articles. If the cost of development for these cars was left off, I wonder how the cost per mile would shake out then?