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Trump wants to bring Japan's 'cute' tiny cars to America — but it may not be easy (www.nbcnews.com)
submitted 10 months ago by to c/fuckcars@lemmy.world
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/40818280

If there's anything we should take from Japan, it's treating cars like second class citizens behind transit instead of the other way around. The cute tiny cars are more a side effect of that.

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[–] 22 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I loved these little boxy cars when I was in Japan. I'm all for this!

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  • [–] 6 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    I just want something akin to my late Honda Element. Loved that vehicle. (Even if it was a pain to work on!)

    They refuse to make another like it!

    I see a lot of boxy cars like that which seem to be Japan-only! I'd like to see more come here. (Maybe they could upsize a tiny bit for the REALLY long drives in the U.S haha.)

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  • [–] 7 points 10 months ago

    They refuse to make another like it!

    Unfortunately, thank CAFE regulations. It's basically impossible to make a tall boxy car in the US that meet the regulations, because fuel efficiency targets are based almost purely on how long and wide the car is. It's way easier to make a car bigger than it is to make it more fuel efficient, so unfortunately that's what manufactures have to target.

    While I'm all for efficiency regulations, CAFE is so unbelievably stupid that it desperately needs to be reworked.

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