▲ 436 ▼ The average American automobile now weighs over 2 tonnes and takes up almost 5 square meters of space. (thelemmy.club) submitted 2 weeks ago by destructdisc@lemmy.world to c/fuckcars@lemmy.world 132 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] grue@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 child) The Y scale on the third graph is a joke; that’s like a 4% change over 20 years. Wheelbase is not the same as vehicle length. I want to see that chart (a) starting at 0 sq. ft., and (b) going all the way back to the '50s. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nz 1 point 2 weeks ago Yeah, American cars have had a reputation as 'land yachts' for a long time. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nz 1 point 2 weeks ago Yeah, American cars have had a reputation as 'land yachts' for a long time. permalink fedilink source parent