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by go-nil-why 459 days ago
No, and even if it were to happen car manufacturers can’t make 4+ year plans based on policies the next bonehead in chief might just revert.

We need a mass popular movement to dismantle the EPA as they stand and rebuild them with an actual purpose.
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genewitch 459 days ago
This isn't argumentative. Do you have anything i can look at to see why the EPA et al would not want a light, cheap, fuel efficient truck?

is it capture by Ford and GM? Are there even trucks as small as the Nissans that had the 2400 motors (or 2600)? I live near enough texas that every truck is way too big, so i don't see many new, small trucks. A lot of people have the old, nearly all metal, small trucks.

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go-nil-why 459 days ago
> i don't see many new, small trucks

Right, because the EPA has made them illegal in favor of larger, less fuel efficient trucks. This paper covers the topic well^, you can also see many examples searching online for “EPA Small Truck Footprint”.

^ https://meche.engineering.cmu.edu/_files/images/research-gro...

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genewitch 454 days ago
Hey, thanks for replying! I read the title of that paper and immediately knew what it was going to prove. I have a recollection about this from 10 years ago, but for some reason it didn't comport with "it's the EPA's fault we can't have nice things"

you'd think the https://www.nhtsa.gov/ would have something to say about regulations encouraging increased "box height" or grille height; which results in worse outcomes in nearly all accidents (could be all, but i don't feel comfortable asserting that.)

sorry it took me five days to notice you replied.

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