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.

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BlackVenom@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

I’m not sure what parent is after exactly.

Body in frame is an older way of making cars but it’s far easier/cheaper to make thos heavy duty and modular (e.g. an f250 can be a pickup, tow truck, ambulance, dump truck…)

Unibody is more modern.

Most people can live with a unibody truck (Maverick,Ridgeline,Colorado).

I don’t thing there’s causation between unibody and body on frame as far as fuel consumption is concerned.

We’d need a mechanism that incentives smaller vehicles without impacting the services relying on the heavy duty vehicles…

A Maverick starting at like $24k and an f150 at $35k isn’t enough…

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