boem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoAmerican automakers are losing the race to make more fuel-efficient vehicleswww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up1267
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minus-squarespudwart@spudwart.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up52·11 months agoThey are, however, winning the race to make more gas guzzling profit generators that destroy this planet for the benefit of their shareholders.
minus-squareMamertine@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·11 months agoWhich is apparently what the average consider wants or at least expects.
minus-squareseejur@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·11 months agoAmerican* consumer. Around the world most popular models are smaller than the American ones. And those expectations are driven by marketing from those car companies to circumvent the safety/emission laws set up for cars in the us
minus-squaremsage@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoI agree with you, but this happens in Europe as well. Tying acceptable emissions to the car weight made SUVs very attractive for the car makers. And people lap it up like noone’s business.
They are, however, winning the race to make more gas guzzling profit generators that destroy this planet for the benefit of their shareholders.
Which is apparently what the average consider wants or at least expects.
American* consumer. Around the world most popular models are smaller than the American ones. And those expectations are driven by marketing from those car companies to circumvent the safety/emission laws set up for cars in the us
I agree with you, but this happens in Europe as well.
Tying acceptable emissions to the car weight made SUVs very attractive for the car makers. And people lap it up like noone’s business.