Australia is obsessed with big cars, and it’s a problem
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Australians love big cars, and it's undoing the good work of the shift to more electric and hybrid vehicles.

Australians are driving bigger, heavier, dirtier cars and it’s alarming both climate and road safety experts.

A decade ago, sedans and hatchbacks were the most popular cars in Australia. Today, Sports Utility Vehicles (SUVs) and American-style utes dominate new car sales and advertising.

  • ddh@lemmy.sdf.org
    155·
    1 year ago

    How about we allow them in, but make them work in our interests through high taxes and other ownership requirements that more than offset the damage they do.

    • FluidM
      171·
      1 year ago

      Sound good. Maybe something like make them have an extra child to make up for the one the will inevitably run down? Lol

      • Gorgritch_Umie_Killa
        5·
        1 year ago

        Yeah, if it was simply environmental, then maybe there could be some sort of offset scheme introduced. However unlikely it would be to actually make it to 1:1.

        But adding the extra, and unnecessary, road danger, yeah… old mates weekend can go stick it.

      • Lintson
        3·
        1 year ago

        Can you please write all public policy for the country?

    • Taleya
      121·
      1 year ago

      Also disallow tax writeoffs on 'em

      • TassieTosser
        1·
        1 year ago

        The problem is the tax writeoffs are for businesses. You can’t close that loophole unless the govt gets into the weeds of defining exactly what a “work truck” is. Those people who claim tax writeoffs on these yank tanks actually do use them for work or appear to. Even if the use is just driving to work.