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For years automakers have been pushing people towards bigger and bigger vehicles as they have higher margins, but saying that it's due to consumer preference.
by morepork 3y ago
For years automakers have been pushing people towards bigger and bigger vehicles as they have higher margins, but saying that it's due to consumer preference.
The Chinese automakers are showing that there certainly is demand in those segments if you actually make decent vehicles, and they don't mind operating on slim margins to take market share.
- davidw 3y agoThe cost in human lives and misery of these larger vehicles is...staggering https://www.reuters.com/world/us/tall-trucks-suvs-are-45-deadlier-us-pedestrians-study-shows-2023-11-14/ https://www.reuters.com/world/us/tall-trucks-suvs-are-45-dea... https://www.vox.com/23784549/pedestrian-deaths-traffic-safety-fatalities-governors-association https://www.vox.com/23784549/pedestrian-deaths-traffic-safet...