Technology

Efficient is sexy

Before addressing the American people, speak to the NHTSA that regulates safety in vehicles. The car shown doesn’t have side airbags.

What does this have to do with technology versus posting this in one of the car communities?

This is the played-out automotive circlejerk on the internet.... everyone acts like they would run out and buy X car if a car maker released it. Then a single car maker actually does, and no one buys it. And it is always because of one (usually lame) reason after another. People don't want to put their money where their mouth is and yet they still think car makers will listen.

I'd entertain this much more if getting in a car crash with a bigger vehicle didn't mean death. My dad used to work in the ER and also commute in the snow. It's not that bigger equals safer but sometimes slightly larger means not getting demolished.

I'm here to embrace physics. Small Car + Big Truck = Death.

Edit: I don't understand why this is getting downvoted. Americans aren't going to give up their gas guzzler for a smaller vehicle (although I agree that they should at least not have a gas guzzler), and even if they did, not everyone would. Sure, you'll probably have points in the replies (once I get some), but I'm going off of an IIHS perspective. If a small vehicle gets into an accident (assuming it's head on/moderate/overlap) with another vehicle (as most American vehicles are either SUVs or Trucks [yes, I know an SUV is technically a truck, but that's not the point]), that person in the smaller vehicle will most likely be dead or seriously injured in that crash. It doesn't have to be particularly fast for a weight problem to show a big impact.