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Re:Who makes the most reliable new cars? by eru on Wednesday November 29, 2023 @10:54PM (#38469382)
CAFE standards have a loophole for SUVs, don't they?

Those standards are pretty silly, even without the loopholes. They should just tax CO2 emissions (or petrol), and let the market sort it out.

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Re:Who makes the most reliable new cars? by digdugdirk on Wednesday November 29, 2023 @11:33PM (#38469671)
Yep, that's the legislation I was referring to that's the cause of the massive rise of gigantic trucks in the past decade.

There's some formula between overall car area (the literal length x width of the vehicle) and the allowed mpg for the automaker's corporate fuel economy. Yay for second order effects...

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Re:Who makes the most reliable new cars? by eru on Thursday November 30, 2023 @12:35AM (#38470060)
> There's some formula between overall car area (the literal length x width of the vehicle) and the allowed mpg for the automaker's corporate fuel economy. Yay for second order effects...

Well, every economist (or anyone with half-a-brain) could have predicted these effects.

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