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[-] wheeldawg@sh.itjust.works 32 points 9 months ago

Suck it, SUV owners in Paris.

But really, suck it every SUV owner. They're terrible in every single way and no one can change that.

[-] Malfeasant@lemmy.world 12 points 9 months ago

As an SUV owner, I agree. It tries to do too many things, so it's not good at any of them. When we had kids, I wanted a minivan. They're ugly, they don't get good gas mileage, their handling is like a pregnant yak- but if you need to haul around kids and their stuff, there's nothing better. My wife at least considered it, but we ended up with a hybrid SUV. I don't completely hate it, but I still would rather have gotten a minivan.

[-] AnalogyAddict@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I have a compact SUV (CR-V.) It gets good gas mileage and has enough room for my very large dogs. Some people have reasons, just a lot of people don't.

I'd like to see a tax on ego trucks first.

[-] SparrowRanjitScaur@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

What about hybrid crossover SUVs?

[-] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 13 points 9 months ago

They pay an additional tax for being ugly

[-] woodenskewer@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

Seriously, just because something has a battery doesn't mean you have to pull the animators from the Jetson's out of storage to design a future car.

[-] soggy_kitty@sopuli.xyz -5 points 9 months ago

Good luck defining what is and isn't an SUV and try to enforce parking restrictions based on that.

Companies will just define their own classes to avoid this unless there is a solid measurement in either dimension or weight. If it's weight then they will be destroyed by the media for being anti-EV and if it's size then the whole SUV argument goes out the window

For example is Audi A8 not an SUV but Ford Puma is?

[-] Jenseitsjens@lemmy.world 29 points 9 months ago

They defined it as above 1.6 tons (metric) for ICE/hybrid and 2 tons for EVs

[-] Obi@sopuli.xyz 9 points 9 months ago

Well that was easy.

[-] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Total outside dimensions. If it takes up more space than the typical economy car it pays the high tax. Since you seem a bit pedantic I will define it exactly:

Take the vehicle and put it in water, use weights if needed to submerge it. Measure the displaced water. If that value is above that if a typical economy car it pays a higher tax. Economy car is defined as the what an average of a poll of randomly selected people defined it to be in 2024.

[-] EvolvedTurtle@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago

I would be a little annoyed if they did this to my car in a parking tbh/j

[-] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

It is for the greater good they all chant as they drop it into the pool

[-] AnalogyAddict@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Always good to go back to medieval witch hunting in a pinch.

"Drop it in water, if it floats it gets extra tax!"

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