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A $20k American-made electric pickup with no paint, no stereo, no screen

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1457 points kwindla | 1 comments | 25 Apr 25 15:01 UTC | HN request time: 0.214s | source
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aidenn0 ◴[25 Apr 25 16:56 UTC] No.43795946[source]▶
For anyone curious, if you made a similarly sized gas-powered pickup with an i4 engine, it would be penalized more than a full-sized pickup for being too fuel inefficient, despite likely getting much better mileage than an F-150 because, since 2011, bigger cars are held to a lesser standard by CAFE[1].

1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporate_average_fuel_economy...

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UncleOxidant ◴[25 Apr 25 17:32 UTC] No.43796377[source]▶
This is largely why all the vehicles around us have become supersized. It's completely idiotic.
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Yhippa ◴[25 Apr 25 19:05 UTC] No.43797415[source]▶
Anybody know how it got to this point? It can't be because of regulatory capture, right? I don't think small cars are getting made for the US because of SUV mania and something like a 67 MPG requirement for the Honda Fit based on it's build.
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Aurornis ◴[25 Apr 25 19:11 UTC] No.43797495[source]▶
> I don't think small cars are getting made for the US because of SUV mania and something like a 67 MPG requirement for the Honda Fit based on it's build.

The famous 67MPG requirement was for a hypothetical 2026 model year car

But Honda discontinued the Fit in the United States in 2020, long before the hypothetical 2026 target.

The reason is consumer demand. People weren't buying them. There are thousands of lightly used Honda Fits on the used market for reasonable prices, but they're not moving.

Yes, the regulations are flawed, but that doesn't change the lack of consumer demand.

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1. Marsymars ◴[26 Apr 25 19:43 UTC] No.43806489[source]▶
“Reasonable prices” open to some debate. There’s such a premium to the Honda nameplate that the prices that “lightly used” ones go for make them a tough proposition over buying new. (Which of course, is no longer an option for the Fit.) From a look at prices in Canada, used 5-year-old 2020 model Fits are going for more than they did new.