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.

• Nfamwap@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I’m not decrying the abilities of a big van, I drive a 3.5 tonne Transit for work and love it. But we are comparing apples with oranges. I have a friend who owns a Nissan Navara. During the week it is onsite, dragging machinery around building sites. At the weekend it is a family car, taking the kids out etc.

  I do admit though, not all pickups are used in this way and my mate is probably in the minority where he has a genuine need for a vehicle that can handle the extremes of work life and home life.

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  • wmassingham@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Yeah, and if you’re going to use one vehicle for both, that makes sense. Personally I wouldn’t use my personal vehicle for work like that, because if it gets wrecked somehow, my insurance won’t cover it, and I’d be out of a car until I fight the company’s insurance enough to get something out of them. But that might be a US thing.

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• Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Large vans are often made on the same chassis as trucks, so they have the same transmission and maybe a slightly reduced towing capacity

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