Comment on The average car purchased in 2023 emits higher levels of carbon dioxide (CO₂) than its 2013 equivalent. This is due to the large proportion of SUVs in the mix, which tend to be bigger and heavier.

• Dariusmiles2123@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  In Switzerland there was apparently some kind of loophole in the tax system which allowed you to register your pickup truck as a company vehicle (and pay less) even when you don’t have any company or if you are just working as a hairdresser…

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  • bearwithastick@feddit.ch ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I fucking hate these piece of shit cars. I will never not think that they all have to compensate for something.

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    • wmassingham@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Pickup trucks are fine. It’s the huge ones with giant cabs and useless beds that are just a fashion accessory.

      “But muh work tools”, yeah just get a sprinter van like normal people. You can fit more, and you can close and lock it so your shit doesn’t get stolen out of the bed.

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      • Nfamwap@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Sometimes it’s down to more than what the vehicle can carry, but what the vehicle can tow. A pickup with a 3.5 tonne towing capacity might be a far more useful vehicle than a van that can only pull 1 tonne for example.

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    • afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      100%, you drive a vehicle like that and you are just screaming to the void “don’t look at my small penis and/or small paycheck”.

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  • br3d@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Same in the UK. Very curious how all over the world, governments created exactly the same tax loophole. I can’t think which highly resourced industry might have been involved in “advising” them

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    • Dariusmiles2123@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      At least in Switzerland, people were really using them for work until a few days ago.

      It was only farmers, carpenters or builders until it became a trend.

      I guess the law was okay before but they never thought that someone would want to have such a huge vehicle just to get groceries 😅

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• Damage@feddit.it ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  They’re so fucking stupid. Worse in every way compared to normal cars, but they make idiots feel important, and car makers seem to prefer them.

  Ford fucking discontinued the C-Max, a great car in my opinion, and replaced it with… Nothing? The Puma? It’s way smaller, while the Kuga is more expensive.

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  • ililiililiililiilili@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    The margins are why car makers prefer them. Crossovers are cheap to make, have fewer emission regulations, and they conveniently sell for higher prices.

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