Rhode Island DMV Is Trying To Ban Kei Trucks Again (www.thedrive.com)

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[-] spicytuna62@lemmy.world 32 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Maybe if the manufacturers would make good, affordable small trucks, this wouldn't be an issue.

[-] mdd@lemm.ee 24 points 6 months ago

I 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?

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