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Re:Tesla’s Nemesis in China Is a Tiny $5k Electric Car from GM by tasuki on Sunday September 27, 2020 @02:16AM (#24604613)
For most people, buying a SUV is done for signaling, rather than for maximizing utility per dollar spent.

SUVs are inefficient, sure. Just compare the gas consumption with a Yaris.

SUVs are unsafe - not for the people in the car, but for the ones outside: pedestrians, cyclists, people in tiny cars.

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Re:Tesla’s Nemesis in China Is a Tiny $5k Electric Car from GM by hevelvarik on Sunday September 27, 2020 @06:36AM (#24605662)
‘For most people’

How do you know?

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Re:Tesla’s Nemesis in China Is a Tiny $5k Electric Car from GM by tasuki on Sunday September 27, 2020 @09:48AM (#24606587)
Because most people get very little utility out of having a SUV. Why do they buy SUVs? So they can sit higher and look down upon the peasants. Then it's a race who can sit higher [0][1].

[0]: https://lirp-cdn.multiscreensite.com/08d31351/dms3rep/multi/...

[1]: https://steelhorsemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/sheikh2...

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