Unfortunately producing a smaller affordable car for the average person would fall under “lower standards” 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
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Eldritch@lemmy.world 5 months agoNo it literally wouldn’t. It’s absolutely possible to produce smaller lightweight vehicles with the exact same standards. But unfortunately we’ve all been pushed towards larger vehicles. Simply because they make more money on them.
andrewth09@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Amoxtli@thelemmy.club 5 months ago
It doesn’t matter what size car Americans build, they simply can’t compete. Larger vehicles are a cultural preference and fits the American environment.
GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca 5 months ago
If this was true, the Chinese EVs could be allowed in and no one would buy them. I personally want a smaller car that can comfortably seat 5 and has additional safety and comfort features (backup cameras, lane assist, heat pump climate control, etc.). This could easily be done with a sedan, hatchback, or station wagon. The only cars that have these features that I know of are SUVs.
ShepherdPie@midwest.social 5 months ago
Not exactly true when they’re selling them for $10k-$15k. The Bolt is comparable to a Chinese EV and they only sell around 2k per month while something like the Model 3 sells 50k per month.
If you lowered the price of the Bolt to the price of a 10 year old used Camry, I’m sure it would sell a lot better but this is an artificial price that completely distorts the market and puts a lot of people out of work for what amounts to a temporary savings. This is the whole point of tariffs. They level the playing field for everyone.
Maggoty@lemmy.world 5 months ago
They discontinued the Bolt. They needed the factory for trucks.
GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca 5 months ago
Where I live, the base model of the Chevy Bolt is $41k, and doesn’t have heat pump climate control (or isn’t talking about it). It also doesn’t look like it would seat 5 comfortably. Now, even without the spectre of financially supporting Elon’s antics, I don’t see a lot of reason to pay another $10k for a reasonably similar car. People are weird. 🤷♂️
prole@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
Nah
Blackmist@feddit.uk 5 months ago
I think they’re a preference of the motor industry who want you to buy more expensive cars.
ozymandias117@lemmy.world 5 months ago
The push towards large vehicles was due to the fact that they used a truck chassis, and were exempt from safety and emissions requirements of a “car”
potatopotato@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
Not if it’s electric
Alto@kbin.social 5 months ago
While true, the general cultural preference for larger vehicles will inherently carryover to when people are deciding what EV to buy.
T00l_shed@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I’d love a 2015 sized Ford ranger that’s fully electric.