Eric Growdeni'm so sick of car companies complaining about the slow sales of EVs when all they build are super-sized SUVs and cross-overs that cost well north of $50K. Volume is NEVER going to be there, as most are not able or willing to devote a year's salary to transportation. They have other expenses...
One might think perhaps they are self-sabotaging the market--they wouldn't do that. would they?
Kevin Karhan 
@growdene OFC they do...
#PersonalLightVehicles are perfectly possible, they are just comfortable with #sabotaging #Competition and leveraging #Lobbyism to literally outlaw #SmallCars similar to the nice ones that @tikibunnyimports offers...
Sadly this isn't #USA-exclusive (tho there the flood of #SuperUselessVehicles including the #Enshittification as well as #Fattening of #Cars got started) but the #EU does the same with making a lot of #bloat mandatory that enshures that any #PersonalLightVehicles can't be sold "legally" as a #Car but only "#LightVehicle" as per classifications L2e-L7e, introducing a lot of restrictions in terms of net- & MGW, speed and/or power output to the wheels.
https://github.com/KBtechnologies/PLV
#SuperUselessVehicle #SUV #PersonalLightVehicle #LightVehicles #LightTrucks #Trucks
Adrian@kkarhan @growdene @tikibunnyimports
You realize that a lot of this "bloat" makes the difference between needing a doctor, needing a hospital or just the grave digger?
Physics are not kind to fast small vehicles and neither are they towards humans inside.
Fast
Cheap
Safe
Choose two.
Motorcycles which can be considered a type of #PersonalLightVehicle have one of the highest fatality rates of all motorized transport. Going fast without safety very quickly leads to death in accidents that you would have survived in any car built the last 2 decades.
@AdrianVolt @growdene @tikibunnyimports I know, but also I acknowledge that the #SUV-cation leads to an increase in #lethality of #traffic in the #USA, and since sadety standards have only increased it's safe to assume the vehicle design leads to more lethal accidents...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jN7mSXMruEo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jN7mSXMruEo
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@kkarhan @growdene @tikibunnyimports
The high hood is a real problem, making it both easier to overlook pedestrians and children and also injuring them much more severe in the event of a crash. The high ground clearance also greatly increases the chance of getting rolled over by the wheels which is very fatalš¤
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@AdrianVolt @growdene @tikibunnyimports also the fact that "#LightTrucks" in the #USA are not subject to #CrashCompatibility testing!