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American Cars Are Huge and Unsafe, but Automakers Don't Want the Simple Solution
https://jalopnik.com/american-cars-are-huge-and-unsafe-but-automakers-dont-1851126751
https://jalopnik.com/american-cars-are-huge-and-unsafe-but-automakers-dont-1851126751
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9 Comments
comrade19@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 2y
Omg. Theres more ads than content in that link haha. I cant stand big cars. I wonder if one day they won't be worth much because people get sick of them
umbrella@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 2y
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LemmyIsFantastic@lemmy.world · -4 pts · 2y
People who have trucks love them. That ain't changing.
What may change is younger demographics having lower interest.
That being said, trucks are super useful. I very much doubt we see them go away unless there is a real viable alternative. SUV/CUVS could trend downwards in a few years I think.
ProbablyYourDad@sh.itjust.works · 14 pts · 2y
I have an alternative to the pick-up trucks currently in production. Smaller pick-up trucks. They’re only that large as a legal loophole around regulation of the ratio of mileage to vehicle footprint. I’d add a source but I can’t find the video I saw a couple of months ago.
candybrie@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 2y
I know a bunch of people who really want smaller trucks. The Ford maverick sold out pretty quickly.
winterayars@sh.itjust.works · 16 pts · 2y
You know a lot of the thing about trucks is purely regulatory. Trucks are exempt from a lot of regulations that cost money and they're huge, both of those things mean more resources going into luxury and such.
These are vehicles that exist at the intersection of a bunch of different things. It's wrong to say Americans will only allow companies to sell big, stupid, dangerous trucks. Change the incentives and we'd see a change in what people buy and drive.
Rognaut@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y
I would trade in my beater truck for one of those Kei Trucks in a second if they were easy to get.
hihellobyeoh@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
Damn I want a '90s Silverado over anything new, I hate these behemoths on the road.
grayman@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
It's NOT American preference. It's NOT auto makers. It IS govt regulation... Stupid CAFE garbage!