Pulling up behind a Cybertruck and a DeLorean has truly been the double rainbow of my day.
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it's partly this, but it's also EPA regulations that basically allow these cars to be bigger. The larger their footprint, the lower their gas mileage has to be. Automakers can make a large, low mileage car (easily hitting the gas mileage requirement) without being penalized per sale.
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answer to that would be slash and burn deregulation, but better regulations that didn't allow that kind of bullshit upward trajectory would obviously be better.