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grte@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

It seems like the growth of trucks should play a big part of it, too. When I was young the majority of vehicles on the road were cars. Where I’m at, at least, it seems like the majority of people are driving trucks with a large minority of crossovers, and the occasional 10 year old car.

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admiralteal@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
A big part of this is also that the auto industry is increasingly steering people to buy big, expensive, profitable trucks over smaller, saner, more reasonable vehicles.

It's not just that consumers "want" these vehicles. Consumers are being pushed to want them.

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