I'm familiar with CAFE standards but US politicians don't seem to have much intent on changing them.
And it is not economically unviable, it is just not as profitable because every other country produces and sells properly sized cars with a profit (except maybe Australia).
I find the additional weight argument pretty lame considering SUVs and just general size increases have been adding huge amount of weight to cars and noone batted an eye.
Just 30 years ago, the most common cars in Europe, hatchbacks, weighted about 1 ton. Now, the vast majority is SUVs that weigh 1.5-2.5tons, none have lithium batteries.
Oh, and don't get me started on the SUV/pickup craze in the US - look at the weight increase on that vs a European sedan, hatchback or a station wagon - eletric cars are not the problem, this are.
I have seen several - if you press hard enough to Activate ABS on dry road, you most likely will see the hazard lights on
Hey, don't bad mouth salt seasoning! Portugal uses plenty of it (due to using salt preservation in the old days) and i think their food is pretty damn good!
If the religion itself is discriminatory towards the tolerant, why should we be tolerant of them?
Unlike England, Portugal did not keep any overseas territory.
Gibraltar anyone?
It was also the first country in the entire world to abolish slavery (European Portugal, that is)
Why would you drive drunk?
My lenovo legion laptop lets me limit charging to 60% for maximum battery longevity
You're thinking of cars, industry and others that have high value batteries.
Power tools, smartphones etc charge to the maximum 4.2V/cell, sometimes even 4.3V (some chemistries safely allow it) because the average person just wants the maximum runtime and will replace the equipment before the battery degrades significantly.
A cow also produces a lot of methane, a much worse greenhouse gas.
Besides, the problem isn't the grass from cows grazing, it's the rainforests that go down all around the world to convert to farmland to produce animal feed.
It's much more efficient to use that farmland to feed humans than to feed cows and then feed humans (1kg of meat needs 25kg of feed)
Disclaimer - I'm not vegan but I try to reduce my meat consumption overall, especially red meats.
The problem with these structures is usually small marine life - they tend to need frequent maintenance to remove barnacles and whatnot.
Having your smooth walls and turbines lined with barnacles tends to impact performance significantly.