With a biodiesel repowering there are many parts and industrial processes not required, and a vehicle that maybe could be considered a "residue" would actually be "recycled". There are also some weight-savings due to the absence of a large and heavy battery pack that ends up being just a dead weight on road. Even considering the less-elaborated aerodynamics in some older vehicles they can get some nice fuel-efficiency numbers with their no-frills old bodies powered by a diesel, such as the early Isuzu Gemini.
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All those batteries are also undesirable due to the space they take. The spare tire, that is actually an important safety device, has been suppressed in some of these so-called environmental vehicles to leave space for the batts.
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Ludwig, from Bonn, Germany
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