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Australia’s love of big cars is undoing the benefits of the shift to EVs (www.abc.net.au)

submitted 2 years ago by Longmactoppedup@aussie.zone to c/australia@aussie.zone

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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.

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[–] MisterFrog@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

A cautionary tale of what we don't want to become (and are on our way to becoming): These Stupid Trucks are Literally Killing Us

[–] elkazz@aussie.zone 1 points 2 years ago

Are we all just going the ignore the fact that the FCIA director's name is Peter Griffin?

[–] DeltaTangoLima@reddrefuge.com 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah, well, sedans and hatchbacks don't tow my caravan into the Victorian High Country.

I'll gladly switch to an EV offroader once I know it's capable of getting my family and I to where we're going, and home again.

[+] Ilandar@aussie.zone 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

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[–] DeltaTangoLima@reddrefuge.com 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I can't speak for others, but I definitely do use mine for off-roading as much as I can.

Is it as much as I'd like? No - I have to earn the money to afford the hobby. But it's absolutely worth it, especially when I get to show my daughter some of the awesome things we have to offer.

The reality is that we're a rough, tough country, and getting to see lots of it requires special vehicles.

The reason this seems so recent is because, previously, 4WD vehicles were either purpose-built, or expensive if they were tricked out to be daily drivers. That made them uncomfortable or expensive.

With the death of our local car market, it's opened up a much wider, cheaper, more refined set of offerings, so more people can afford to get into the hobby.

[–] FippleStone@aussie.zone 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

And what an awful hobby it is