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Automakers must build cheaper, smaller EVs to spur adoption, report says (arstechnica.com)
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[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

"Car companies needs SUVs to survive financially!" is not a thoughtful response. It can easily be disproven by looking at the first 60 or so years of the automobile industry before SUVs were even a thing. The SUV takeover is a pretty recent phenomenon which has taken shape over the last twenty years.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

But it was based on light truck exemptions from CAFE standards, so they can be cheaper to build and sell at a higher margin. But now average buyers don’t want anything smaller for fear of being run down by all the trucks and suvs.