.AMERICANS LOVE to super-size-- and not just their junk food. They favour substantial sport-utility automobiles (SUVs) as well as pickup trucks over small cars. Some 8.7 m hit the road in 2023, representing more than half of all purchases of new autos, depending on to JATO Characteristics, a research study company. Although European cars are actually additionally getting bigger, United States ones still have a comfortable lead: in 2022 the typical vehicle sold in United States weighed 1,857 kilograms, virtually 20% more than the average in Europe. Wide roads as well as major garage support this choice for substantial experiences-- consequently does the legislation. Yet a technicality that for almost 50 years has actually incentivised sales of huge lorries will quickly be actually tightened. Will that lead Americans to get smaller sized automobiles?