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I drive a 3000lb Honda Fit. A 2002 Camry, which is a perfectly reasonable family sedan, tops out at about 3300lb. The 2024 is up to a beefy 3600. The answer is

• AnthonyMouse 2y ago
  Then all the cars will weigh exactly 3999 lbs, which is about what they do right now (average new car is within 100 lbs of that), and everything will cost more because your tax will hit all the small businesses that use light trucks for legitimate needs instead of grocery runs. Also, it's a de facto ban on long-range EVs (EV battery weight is proportional to range), which seems counterproductive if you care anything about climate change, because then the vehicles that see the highest number of miles continue to run on petroleum. Stop trying to regulate random indirect metrics and concentrate on the actual problems. Is it traffic and too many vehicle miles? Then build higher density housing and subways. Is it air quality? Then address particulate emissions using general rules rather than specific ones -- regulate rate at which car tires can expel particulates. If they have to reduce the weight of the car to reduce the cost, fine, but if they can find another way, that's good too. If you don't like the status quo, identify why and address that, don't just pick some isolated aspect of it and try to ban it without contemplating what incentives the rules are going to create. That's how we got into this mess.