boem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoThe average car purchased in 2023 emits higher levels of carbon dioxide (CO₂) than its 2013 equivalent. This is due to the large proportion of SUVs in the mix, which tend to be bigger and heavier.english.elpais.comexternal-linkmessage-square338fedilinkarrow-up11.61Karrow-down137
arrow-up11.57Karrow-down1external-linkThe average car purchased in 2023 emits higher levels of carbon dioxide (CO₂) than its 2013 equivalent. This is due to the large proportion of SUVs in the mix, which tend to be bigger and heavier.english.elpais.comboem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square338fedilink
minus-squareJasSmith@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down3·9 months agoYou’re probably right but wagons can be cool now.
minus-squareSemi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up6·9 months agoNo need to convince me, I love my v60
minus-squarePipedLinkBot@feddit.rocksBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 months agoHere is an alternative Piped link(s): wagons can be cool now. Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube. I’m open-source; check me out at GitHub.
minus-squareDamage@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoCan’t really claim better efficiency at that point
minus-squarefuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoStill more efficient than the same thing in boxy SUV form. I was talking to someone last year and doing 100mph in a 5.0 V8 Mustang he was getting better mpg than 70mph in a Kia Soul (about 25). Make an aerodynamic wagon and you’re golden.
minus-squareslumberlust@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoAnything’s cool I’m the 100k plus grouping…
You’re probably right but wagons can be cool now.
No need to convince me, I love my v60
Here is an alternative Piped link(s):
wagons can be cool now.
Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
I’m open-source; check me out at GitHub.
Can’t really claim better efficiency at that point
Still more efficient than the same thing in boxy SUV form.
I was talking to someone last year and doing 100mph in a 5.0 V8 Mustang he was getting better mpg than 70mph in a Kia Soul (about 25). Make an aerodynamic wagon and you’re golden.
Anything’s cool I’m the 100k plus grouping…