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EU cave in on vehicle trade rules will cost European lives as US pick-up trucks flood into Europe (www.transportenvironment.org)
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[โ€“] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 10 points 8 months ago

RAM pick ups are not type-approved to be sold on the EU market, but are imported under IVA, ostensibly to be sold on a one-off or โ€˜individualโ€™ basis. Already, the IVA rule, intended for niche uses, is being roundly abused by German and Dutch Type Approval entities, which approve 69% and 30% of RAMs respectively, said T&E. Imports of three other pick-up trucks โ€“ the Ford F-150, the Chevrolet Silverado and the GMC Sierra 1500 โ€“ have skyrocketed from 157 in 2019 to approx 1,700 in 2024 [1].

The EU Commissionโ€™s proposals to close the IVA loophole tabled in early July are now at risk from an EU-US trade pact which states that the EU and US โ€œintend to accept and provide mutual recognition to each otherโ€™s standardsโ€ for cars.

[โ€“] Eyekaytee@aussie.zone 10 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Do they really think US style trucks will sell well in Europe?

[โ€“] hddsx@lemmy.ca 18 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Yes I do. Selfishness is not an American only trait.

Too bad. I wish the US had EU and JP sized cars

[โ€“] MudMan@fedia.io 4 points 8 months ago

I mean, selfishness is one thing, but these things literally won't fit in most parking spaces and even a number of garage spaces.

You can technically buy a bus, too, but most people don't think it's practical.

The race to size already happened in Europe once, when 4x4s started getting marketed to scared housewives under the pretense that they were safer, if that sounds familiar. I know a few people who were tempted.

Then they looked into it and got over it pretty quickly.

I'm sure you'd see some (I saw my first local tesla the other day, the guy had blacked out the badge to avoid having it vandalized). I'm not sure we're going to see a race towards Europeans as a group buying humongous, impractical, extremely expensive cartoon trucks.

[โ€“] psoutham@infosec.exchange 6 points 8 months ago

@Eyekaytee @Sunshine Believe me, there are enough Ameriboos here in Europe (especially in positions of power) to make this a real problem if this is allowed to be normalized without some major consumer or other type of backlash.

[โ€“] dumnezero@piefed.social 1 points 8 months ago

Yes. Their market is fascist fucks. Look at the political parties.

[โ€“] Tarnport@mastodon.green 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

@Sunshine make them undrivable.

We are already in a situation where they have to stop in the village centers to let people move out of the way for the extra wide load. I do not move. I don't think anyone should

[โ€“] dumnezero@piefed.social 1 points 8 months ago

what in the flying fuck