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Originally Posted by ssiguy
That's great news and clearly exemplifies how we are very quickly phasing out ICE.
What will be really interesting to see is what our cars look like post-ICE. Cars have gotten so small but many people under 40 doesn't realise that what today is considered a large car would have once been considered a glorified tin can.
The shrinkage of car sizes began in the 1970s with the oil embargo and increasing environmental concerns combined with new competition from Japan.
After the end of ICE, pollution and gas mileage concwerns will no longer be relevant and it will be interesting to see if we go back to larger cars and the more individualistic designs they once had as opposed to today where all cars are essentially the same design and are a study in beige.
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Car size hasn’t related to mileage for decades. A little Q3 crossover has the same horsepower as a 1955 Deville. The 1964 Tbird that she had “fun, fun, fun” in has less HP than a little S3. Tastes in larger vehicles shifted to trucks years ago, and probably won’t ever come back.