Found this from a link of a link…. 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. This was translated into a “dollars per lifetime mile” figure. That is, the Energy Cost per mile driven. I’ve seen plenty of discussion saying that the method is flawed but I thought it interesting enough to pull out some of the items:
Model | Cost Per Mile ($) | Est. Lifetime (Miles) |
---|---|---|
Maybach | 11.582 | 257,000 |
Lamborghini | 4.009 | 121,000 |
Prius | 3.249 | 109,000 |
Expedition | 3.058 | 284,000 |
MINI Cooper S | 1.908 | 161,000 |
MINI Cooper | 1.795 | 169,000 |
Focus | 0.803 | 169,000 |
xB | 0.478 | 189,000 |
So the MINI comes out pretty well.
DB needs to worry – he’s already about 75% of the way to the end of life of his car!
So since I went from a focus to a MINI, I guess an expedition is next! Oh no! 😉
I’ll still take the Lambo anyday 🙂
One of the interesting stats is that the Hummer comes out to be “cheaper” than the Prius so take that environment-loving hippies! 🙂
The biggest flaw? Thinking that the average Ford product would last 284,000 miles…
HOLY CRAP! That’s less than a year for me.
What happens at 169K? Will Roxy just stop? Maybe a sign or confetti or a clever song playing? I hope there isn’t an explosion of any kind, that would be bad.