If only we knew higher efficiency improvement standards have been enacted almost consistently since 1975!
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50MYT@aussie.zone 3 months ago
If I get down voted for this commenting against the grain, so be it, but here goes:
I believe that the reason the car companies oppose this is the speed at which it’s being pushed. Not that the regulations need to happen.
My understanding is that it takes a car company 3+ years to design / engineer a vehicle to meet the market standards and regulations. It’s not an overnight process. So the car companies want this to be delayed to give them time to be in market with vehicles that comply with the new regulations.
conquer4@lemmy.world 3 months ago
zurohki@aussie.zone 3 months ago
Every other country already has similar standards, though. So they don’t need to design anything new, they can just actually start selling those cars in Australia instead of their obsolete junk that can’t be sold anywhere else.
nikscha@feddit.de 3 months ago
Yeah you’re right, but that’s 100% on them. They knew it was coming and they chose to not make any significant changes. Now they die. That’s just evolution.