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Gas prices and taxes on the engine's displacement lead to the euro cars having smaller engines.
by pandaman 4y ago
Gas prices and taxes on the engine's displacement lead to the euro cars having smaller engines.
- Scoundreller 4y agoUS drivers cover about twice the distance per capita, so at half the fuel cost, it’s a wash: https://internationalcomparisons.org/environmental/transportation/ https://internationalcomparisons.org/environmental/transport...
- pandaman 4y agoPer-capita number counts everyone, not just drivers, I imagine. More people drive in the US so it's natural per-capita travel will be more. The "wash" part makes no sense to me. Somebody shopping for a car when gas is 8 dollars will consider fuel economy more than when gas is 3 dollars regardless of per-capita travel distance. I am willing to bet that the vast majority of car shoppers cannot even estimate this distance for their country.