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It's true that these trucks wouldn't be marketable in the U.S. based on safety or emissions, though I imagine it wouldn't require that many modifications if the
by avidiax 2y ago
It's true that these trucks wouldn't be marketable in the U.S. based on safety or emissions, though I imagine it wouldn't require that many modifications if there were a consumer market.
The problem is that if safety and emissions equipment raise the price to $20k, and you add the 25% chicken tax, you are at the $25k of a barebones Ford Ranger.
I feel the chicken tax really should be repealed. It has been distorting the U.S. truck market for 40 years, preventing smaller, cheaper, more fuel efficient trucks from asian manufacturers from competing.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_tax https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_tax
- ty6853 2y agoCAFE outlaws efficient vehicles. It goes in part by footprint, so smaller slightly more efficient vehicles just have to be scaled back up.
- Reubachi 2y agoit isn't the chicken tax, rather CAFE standards driving up dimensions versus emissions outputs. Somehow, this is "best case scenario" for greenhouse gas emissions. (what it really is ensuring profitability for corp manufacturers. https://me.engin.umich.edu/news-events/news/cafe-standards-could-mean-bigger-cars-not-smaller-ones/ https://me.engin.umich.edu/news-events/news/cafe-standards-c...