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Cars have also gotten much bigger, heavier and more powerful.
by morsch 1y ago
Cars have also gotten much bigger, heavier and more powerful.
- eptcyka 1y agoDifficult to make a small car that has all the safety and matches the price. It is easier to justify the bigger car at its price than the smaller car, since 2x bigger car will not be 2x more expensive to make.
- zihotki 1y agoThat's not the case in EU if we put EVs into separate category since they all have a battery weight toll.
- morsch 1y agoIt's true even if you don't consider EVs. People buy more SUVs, for one thing, but a 2025 VW Golf is also larger and heavier than a 2005 Golf, which is larger and heavier than a 1985 Golf. Compact cars in 2025 are the size mid size cars used to be a couple of decades ago. Meanwhile, the average family size is getting smaller and smaller and the average occupancy is ever closer to 1.