This is a top ten list that is a good thing to be a part of.grahamfitter wrote:...I stumbled on CNW’s "Dust to Dust" Automotive Energy Report: http://cnwmr.com/nss-folder/automotiveenergy/
The dust to dust energy cost is the total energy used by a vehicle over its lifespan, including design, manufacture, use, maintenance and scrapping, calculated on a cost per mile basis. From what I can tell the motivation for doing this was to determine whether hybrids are any better for the environment than regular vehicles. The web site has a spreadsheet with all the rankings and a hefty PDF document with all the analysis.
Here’s the top ten lowest dust to dust energy cost vehicles in the USA:
1. xB
2. Neon
3. Tracker
4. Ion
5. Wrangler
6. Corolla
7. Aveo
8. Elantra
9. xA
10. S10
Edit: Looks like it was misquoted information. The S-10 Is not #10. There is quite a bunch of data to digest.