Maybe it's a loophole to allow companies to sell fewer "compliance car" EVs to meet regulatory total-fleet fuel efficiency targets?
For instance, maybe Ford has to sell the equivalent of one Mach-e for every ten gas-powered F-150s, but if the efficiency numbers were accounted for more accurately they'd have to sell six Mach-e's for every ten F-150s.
Or, alternatively, it's a way to get credit from the government for making efficient vehicles, when the vehicle in question is an F-150 Lightning. Perhaps it's a fine truck for what it's worth, but it's the exact opposite of an efficient vehicle unless you're using it for a use case where only a large truck will do.
Re:The Electric-Vehicle Cheating Scandal
by Thri4895o on Sunday January 28, 2024 @03:32AM
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Energy is measured in joules and CO2 emmisions. EVs had free pass, because one day we may somehow move to solar. But in reality big part of energy is produced from coal and some fossil fuels. Some supercharging stations are even directly powered by diesel generators, solar can not provide megawatts of energy!
EVs had all sorts of excuses and magic multipliers. While in reality small ICE vehicles are very efficient and may produce less CO2 per mile!
So, to me, it looks like someone decided to subsidize electric car manufacturers, and just needed an excuse in some legal framework. There might be a scandal there (e.g. bribes), but 6.67 factor ain't it.