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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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What are you talking about?
Cars have gotten bigger. Compare any of the same model to its predecessor from 2-3 decades ago.
As an example, I compared to 2020 Corolla and a 1990 Corolla.
Passenger volume: 89 ft3 vs. 84 ft3
Luggage volume: 13 ft3 vs. 11 ft3
Curb Weight: 2888 lbs vs. 1940 lbs
What is notable is that safety and fuel economy have also improved:
Driverside front crash rating: 5 star vs. 3 star
Passengerside front crash rating: 5 star vs. 2 star
Fuel economy (combined): 37 mpg vs. 25 mpg
Source:
https://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/Find...=15844&id=6619 .... and Wikipedia.
Cars have gotten noticeably larger and substantially heavier. And a lot of buyers are upsizing the models themselves. This is actually a
particularly worrisome trend in Canada, wiping out a substantial fuel economy gains and leaving Canada with among the worst fuel economy per km, in the world:
