Re:Tell HN: I think I found Toyota's battery
by Modified3019 on Thursday August 03, 2023 @02:39PM
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You can thank the EPA for that. The gov mandates that vehicles achieve a certain calculated efficiency, or there’s an extra fee/fine attached to the vehicle. Reasonable enough, right?
Unfortunately the way this is calculated is absolutely fucking retarded. Basically, the larger the wheelbase of vehicle, the lower fuel efficiency the vehicle can get away with.
This is why these fucking things keep ballooning in size, have a dogshit turning radius, and are causing an epidemic of frontovers and backover accidents because there’s no up close visibility.
Old small trucks can actually command a premium because of this bullshit. Very few people actually like these huge stupid boats, but there’s nothing else to buy.
Please consider contacting your legislators and putting this on their radar, and keeping it there.
Unfortunately the way this is calculated is absolutely fucking retarded. Basically, the larger the wheelbase of vehicle, the lower fuel efficiency the vehicle can get away with.
This is why these fucking things keep ballooning in size, have a dogshit turning radius, and are causing an epidemic of frontovers and backover accidents because there’s no up close visibility.
Video explanation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azI3nqrHEXM
Old small trucks can actually command a premium because of this bullshit. Very few people actually like these huge stupid boats, but there’s nothing else to buy.
Please consider contacting your legislators and putting this on their radar, and keeping it there.