Mike D.@lemm.ee to Cars - For Car Enthusiasts@lemmy.world · 7 months agoRhode Island DMV Is Trying To Ban Kei Trucks Againwww.thedrive.comexternal-linkmessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up162cross-posted to: fuckcars@lemmy.world
arrow-up162external-linkRhode Island DMV Is Trying To Ban Kei Trucks Againwww.thedrive.comMike D.@lemm.ee to Cars - For Car Enthusiasts@lemmy.world · 7 months agomessage-square22fedilinkcross-posted to: fuckcars@lemmy.world
minus-square𝕾𝖕𝖎𝖈𝖞 𝕿𝖚𝖓𝖆@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up32·edit-27 months agoMaybe if the manufacturers would make good, affordable small trucks, this wouldn’t be an issue.
minus-squareMike D.@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up25·7 months agoI wrote a related reply about lack of small trucks in the US last night on The Autopian. The large pickup/SUV was not exactly chosen by the people. The 1964 Chicken Tax has limited people’s choices and remains in order to give US domestic automakers an advantage over imported competitors. Combined with CAFE rules (Corporate Average Fuel Economy) of the ’70s small trucks were effectively wiped from the US market. Why would a US automaker produce a small truck when they could produce a larger truck with more profit?
minus-squareManifish_Destiny@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·7 months agoThat’s a terrible reason to ban something
Maybe if the manufacturers would make good, affordable small trucks, this wouldn’t be an issue.
I wrote a related reply about lack of small trucks in the US last night on The Autopian.
That’s a terrible reason to ban something