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Real MPG and real emissions
Some friends are looking to change car soon. They are obsessed with emissions issues and look for low MPG cars with low carbon. Their current car (Smart) does not come remotely close to its real MPG. Its predecessor (Skoda Fabia 1.9 TDI) always did as claimed.
To obtain real emissions, would a reasonable proxy be to uplift the carbon value by claimed MPG over Real MPG? If so their Smart is only marginally better on emissions than their old Fabia which achieves 101% of its claimed MPG figure.
To obtain real emissions, would a reasonable proxy be to uplift the carbon value by claimed MPG over Real MPG? If so their Smart is only marginally better on emissions than their old Fabia which achieves 101% of its claimed MPG figure.
Asked on 10 October 2016 by Busmanuk
Answered by
Honest John
Absolutely. If a car gets half the NEDC combined fuel economy it is by definition using twice as much fuel and emitting twice as much CO2.
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Real MPG enables you to register the fuel economy you are actually getting against your make and model of car, its engine and type of transmission.
Every time you enter an average consumption figure against your car, the overall average automatically adjusts to reflect it.
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