.AMERICANS really love to super-size-- and not simply their fast food. They favour significant sport-utility vehicles (Sport utility vehicles) and pickup trucks over little vehicles. Some 8.7 m hit the road in 2023, making up over half of all sales of brand new lorries, according to JATO Dynamics, a study company. Although European cars and trucks are additionally growing, United States ones still possess a relaxed lead: in 2022 the typical cars and truck sold in America analyzed 1,857 kg, practically twenty% greater than the average in Europe. Wide roads and also major parking spaces support this preference for large trips-- and so does the legislation. But a loophole that for almost 50 years has actually incentivised sales of significant autos will certainly very soon be actually tightened up. Will that lead Americans to get much smaller vehicles?