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I listened to the episode, and its genuinly horrifying how big auto's pushing of bigger and bigger cars just keeps killing, and the majority of people seem to go "eh, thats just the way it is"

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Bigger cars are more profitable. Small cars are not.

The average full size suv buying price is 80K. the average car buying price is like 30K.

this is also the same reason new starter homes are like 3000 sq ft today. and one from 30 years ago were 2000 sq ft.

the cost to produce a huge suv is not much more than it is to produce a small car, but the suv is commands 2-3x the price of the small car.