"...SUVs use on average a quarter more energy than medium-size vehicles. They generate almost 1bn tonnes of CO2 emissions annually – the amount by which we overshot our Paris agreement targets. Their increasing adoption is directly contributing to the climate crisis, according to the International Energy Agency."
@TheWarOnCars
Why is it necessary for EV makers to slavishly copy IC style SUVs ?
To be effective EVs need to be smaller, lighter and use fewer resources than their predecessors.
We don't need EVs except as a stopgap - we need fewer cars and cities designed around people.
Parks not car parks.
They also tear up the roads. A 5000 lb SUV does ~12.9 times as much road damage as a 3000 lb Honda. (Damage is relative to the ratio of the weight per axle raised to the fifth power: (25/15)**5 =~12.9)
@TheWarOnCars What would this crackdown propose for those of us that drive an SUV because of the need for a wheelchair hoist in the back? You can’t fit a hoist to a saloon or estate.
Oh right, I forgot the ableist world regularly ignores our needs and wishes we would go away.
@TheWarOnCars Quickest way to reduce the numbers? Make it hard/illegal to have an SUV on a lease contract. If people had to pay for them they'd soon go out of use.
@TheWarOnCars They are hard to avoid for regular consumers looking for a family car. If SUVs are 90% of what's available, a lot of people will end up buying them. I hope we solve this at the regulatory level rather than just hoping people will not choose them
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