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A 7,000-Pound Car Smashed Through a Guardrail. That’s Bad News for All of Us. (slate.com)
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I watched most of the video, it's primarily about safety. It's says the growth is mainly due to the regulations not applying the same to light trucks, which SUVs are classified as. This seems to contradict the claim that I was asking about.

If there is something about the state subsidizing the vehicles and I missed it, I would appreciate a time stamp. Noone needs to convince me that suvs are unsafe and an environmental disaster.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

In the US it is called the 179 deduction. For trucks over 6, 000 lb gross vehicle weight you can deduct the total price for the year the truck is put in service.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Thanks for the citation, I'll look into it.