Around 2020, manufacturers all but stopped making small cars since it’s easier for them to make SUVs and trucks with weaker emissions standards. It’s almost impossible to find any compact that was made after 2020, especially in the US. I’m sure it’s only a bonus that they’re typically more expensive than small cars.
There’s also the problem that the more SUVs and trucks dominate the streets, the more dangerous they become for everyone. Your average car weighs as much as a damn elephant nowadays. I own a compact but hate driving because it’s like being in the middle of a drunken stampede.
I think a lot of people don’t want them. But in my case there wasn’t any normal car that had the features I wanted.
I’d rather not need it but I really do if I’m gonna be able to work full time.
Because the vast majority of my traveling can be done using electricity and not gasoline.
It is way cheaper to charge it and I frankly like to drive it more, when it is using electricity.
Sometimes I do longer trips and need to use gasoline and I do not have the option of charging it at home.
How is the financial penalty of them costing a shitload more to buy and run not enough, why do people want these?
Around 2020, manufacturers all but stopped making small cars since it’s easier for them to make SUVs and trucks with weaker emissions standards. It’s almost impossible to find any compact that was made after 2020, especially in the US. I’m sure it’s only a bonus that they’re typically more expensive than small cars.
There’s also the problem that the more SUVs and trucks dominate the streets, the more dangerous they become for everyone. Your average car weighs as much as a damn elephant nowadays. I own a compact but hate driving because it’s like being in the middle of a drunken stampede.
At the end of the day, fuck cars.
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I think a lot of people don’t want them. But in my case there wasn’t any normal car that had the features I wanted. I’d rather not need it but I really do if I’m gonna be able to work full time.
What features did you need that couldn’t be offered in a sedan or small hatchback?
I wanted a car that was relatively quiet and a plug in hybrid. Not a big list of demands by far.
But so many of the PHEVs are SUVs nowadays.
Why do you want a plug in hybrid? Haven’t they been shown to be useless for the climate?!
Because the vast majority of my traveling can be done using electricity and not gasoline.
It is way cheaper to charge it and I frankly like to drive it more, when it is using electricity. Sometimes I do longer trips and need to use gasoline and I do not have the option of charging it at home.