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Specifically what emissions laws are SUVs not subject to?

• theshrike79 2y ago
  Can't remember exactly, but the gist of it is like this: Government changed emission laws etc for "normal" cars, excluded heavier cars because "well, nobody would actually drive a 3 ton truck as a daily driver, so they're used by companies". American car companies got a lightbulb moment and started making MASSIVE SUVs that were excluded in regulations. People started buying said massive trucks as daily drivers. Wired article about the SUV loophole: https://www.wired.com/story/the-us-wants-to-close-the-suv-loophole-that-supersized-cars/ https://www.wired.com/story/the-us-wants-to-close-the-suv-lo... All the US needs to do is include SUVs in EPA etc regulation like normal vehicles and their popularity will dwindle because they'll start costing WAY more than normal sedans and station wagons - like they should
  • Amezarak 2y ago
    They are included. The standards just vary by vehicle size, which makes obvious sense: you can’t hold a station wagon to the same standard as a two-passenger compact. It’s also the case that cost already increases with vehicle size. As your own article notes, American consumers have already demonstrated they’re willing to pay huge premiums for larger vehicles. > Automakers have reasons to sell bigger vehicles outside of emissions regulations. SUVs and trucks typically cost only a bit more to make than smaller vehicles, but consumers have demonstrated that they’re willing to pay as much as 50 percent more for them, making profit margins much higher.