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American automakers are losing the race to make more fuel-efficient vehicles (www.theverge.com)
submitted 10 months ago by boem to c/technology
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

I agree with you, but this happens in Europe as well.

Tying acceptable emissions to the car weight made SUVs very attractive for the car makers. And people lap it up like noone's business.