• zhunk@beehaw.org
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    7 months ago

    I don’t get where all the chunkiness came from. Even ignoring the bed length and width, what is all that extra height doing?

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      7 months ago

      EPA regulations that car manufacturers used as a way to game the system by not focusing on ICE efficency, hybridization, transitioning to electric sooner.

      This is the same reason sedans have gotten larger or disappeared in favor of “cross-overs”.

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      7 months ago

      The march towards deathproofing at any expense (like vision and crash reduction) and also cheap styling involving a lot of plastic (it cheap).