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The new standards are part of a broad push to get more Americans into electric vehicles, and reduce the environmental cost of driving.

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[-] mlg@lemmy.world 26 points 5 months ago

Stupid EPA laws sacrificed all the cool lightweight sports cars and utility trucks for giant hunks of useless metal which people use exclusively to drive on the highway.

Big 3 already deleted all their compact car production teams, they make all their bank from SUVs and mega sized trucks.

This will change basically nothing.

[-] FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 5 points 5 months ago

I'm a little confused, how is the EPA responsible for vehicle size increasing?

[-] BingBong@sh.itjust.works 13 points 5 months ago

My understanding of the current situation is that EPA Guidelines give a lot of wiggle room / outright don't control vehicles above a certain size. Therefore manufacturers are reducing the vehicles that actually get regulated by those guidelines in favor of monster trucks for grocery getters.

[-] FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 8 points 5 months ago

Ah, right, that's correct there are regulations in place for "passenger cars."

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