HobbitFoot @thelemmy.club to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoAn M1 Abrams Tank can see children in front better than many current trucks.thelemmy.clubimagemessage-square65fedilinkarrow-up1625arrow-down112
arrow-up1613arrow-down1imageAn M1 Abrams Tank can see children in front better than many current trucks.thelemmy.clubHobbitFoot @thelemmy.club to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square65fedilink
minus-squareredthings@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·6 months agoTo be fair, giant trucks are also designed to be exempted from emissions standards
minus-squareAngryCommieKender@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·6 months agoIt is, but under the CAFE standards, it ends up being true. https://www.nhtsa.gov/laws-regulations/corporate-average-fuel-economy
minus-squareoutsideno1877@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agoIts still objectively true the reason suvs and trucks are so common isn’t how good they are or anything its marketing from manufacturers to make more money from selling cars that avoid emissions standards aka SUVS and “light” trucks
To be fair, giant trucks are also designed to be exempted from emissions standards
That is a crazy sentence.
It is, but under the CAFE standards, it ends up being true.
https://www.nhtsa.gov/laws-regulations/corporate-average-fuel-economy
Its still objectively true the reason suvs and trucks are so common isn’t how good they are or anything its marketing from manufacturers to make more money from selling cars that avoid emissions standards aka SUVS and “light” trucks