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.

    • Taleya
      10·
      1 year ago

      You’re not going too off road with a bloody caravan though.

        • Taleya
          5·
          1 year ago

          …the big flat ex-station plateau that’s like driving on a suburban backyard?

          • DeltaTangoLima@reddrefuge.com
            1·
            1 year ago

            Yeah, righto. Look it up on Wikipedia, did we? If you can, read the words instead of just looking at the pictures - you’ll see it’s only accessible with 4WD, dirt bikes, on horse, or on foot.

            • Taleya
              4·
              1 year ago

              that’s because the bloody place was never paved to, and shut down a century ago. (Try me, most of my family are from the high lands and I grew up there)

              True, a sedan won’t cut it, maybe a ute would if you’ve done a bit of thrashing, but the point I’m getting at is it’s not exactly hardcore 4WD driving, and an electric 4x4 can take it without even blinking.

              • DeltaTangoLima@reddrefuge.com
                1·
                1 year ago

                Mate, did you even read my very first comment here? I said I’ll happily switch to an EV off-roader once I know it can get me in and out. Until they get to the point that I can get 400km+ from a single charge, towing my van (as I can with a full tank of diesel), there’s just no point.

                The best reviews I’ve seen are mostly empty Rivian R1Ts getting maaaaaybe ~240kms off-roading, without the heavy payload.

                PS: no one who ever lived or grew up in the High Country calls it the “high lands”.