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TIL that cars in Europe have grown average 1.2cm longer every year since 2000 (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] doingthestuff@lemy.lol 0 points 2 months ago (1 child)

Safety regulations require things like better crumple zones. The seating areas aren't significantly larger.

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[–] Photonic@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 child)

Nah that’s not just it. People used to drive sedans and hatchbacks, now everyone and their mother has an SUV

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[–] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago (1 child)

It's all related. You can't add a thousand pounds of safety equipment and larger crumple zones and make a full size sedan that consistently gets 40+ mpg.

Companies pivoted to the SUV because it didn't have to have absurdly good fuel efficiency, and people liked being "bigger" despite often having less space than full size sedans.

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[–] Photonic@lemmy.world 1 point 2 months ago

There’s no reason to make it worse just because it’s already a bit bad. Hatchbacks and sedans still exist and they really don’t have anywhere near 1000lbs of extra safety equipment.

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