• silence7@slrpnk.netOPM
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      1 year ago

      Yeah, old pickups were gas guzzlers. But pickups as ordinary commuter cars are incredibly rare in the UK.

      It’s a major problem that they’re mostly sold for that purpose in the US.

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        “Light trucks” (in the US, at least) don’t have to meet the same fuel economy standards as passenger automobiles, the latter of which includes SUVs. So you build a massive luxury crew cab with a tiny, essentially useless bed, and you can emit more pollution than if it had a permanent “cover” and connected the passenger cabin with the cargo area.

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        1 year ago

        Old pickup trucks?

        My first pickup - 1985 Nissan pickup (manual) averaged 25mpg.

        My current 2022 Chevy 1500 company owned work truck gets 19mpg.

        Of course the old Nissan weighed 2500 lbs. My Chevy work truck weighs in at 4400lbs.

        So fuel efficiency per weight has increased, but the newer trucks larger size still sucks gas.

        I still prefer the smaller trucks, so much easier to drive.