Australia is obsessed with big cars, and it’s a problem
www.abc.net.au
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.

  • Fluid@aussie.zoneM
    622·
    1 year ago

    A failure to properly regulate the import of yank tanks. Stop letter them in, simple.

    • 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.

      • Fluid@aussie.zoneM
        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@aussie.zone
          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.

        • TassieTosser@aussie.zone
          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.