boem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoAmerican automakers are losing the race to make more fuel-efficient vehicleswww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square58fedilinkarrow-up1197arrow-down14
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minus-squarespudwart@spudwart.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·9 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-up3·9 months agoWhich is apparently what the average consider wants or at least expects.
minus-squareseejur@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 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-squareMr_Blott@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoAnd the sales are driven by, what one can only assume is, a vastly disproportionate percentage of tiny, tiny penises amongst the American population
minus-squaremsage@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 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
And the sales are driven by, what one can only assume is, a vastly disproportionate percentage of tiny, tiny penises amongst the American population
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.