Comment on SUVs emit more climate damaging gas than older cars do, study finds

• Pasta4u@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  What do u think a electric car eith its huge batteries would do ?

  Telsa model 3 is 3000 pounds

  Chevy equinox is 3300

  Chevy traverse is 4300

  Tesla model Y 4400

  Tesla model x 5200

  Chevy suburban is 5700

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  • Vegoon@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    And the Rivian R1T is 6949 pounds.

    But there is the dacia spring with 2304 pound.

    EV does not automatically have to result in huge heavy cars.

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    • Kecessa@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Top speed of 125kph, 0-100kph in 19 seconds… Sure, city cars don’t need to be as heavy but then why need a car at all?

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      • Vegoon@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        “Everyone in the city needs their own car” was not the argument I made, just as your comment did not mean to say that everyone who does not live in the city needs a 3.5 ton truck.

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  • MDZA@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    It’s a good point about the weight of EVs. I suppose it’s a question of whether the benefit of EVs are worth the extra wear on the roads.

    When comparing ICE cars though, it’s a pretty clear cut argument that SUVs are worse for everyone except the occupants.

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    • Pasta4u@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Suv’s are not always worse.

      Equinox 26/31 Corvette is 16/25.

      Equinox can fit five adults plus room for luggage or other items in jt.

      He’ll the Chevy malibu is 27/35 amd is a Sedan. I rather the equinox

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• Fedop@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Oh man this one is so big for maintenance costs, the damage is exponential! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_power_law

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  • Pipoca@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Which mostly means it doesn’t matter. Car vs electric truck is basically a rounding error compared to either a lorry or the regular freeze-thaw cycle.

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