Remember That Time the EPA Killed the Sedan? How one quick trick in 2012 changed the way America drives—and undermined its climate rules
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Remember That Time the EPA Killed the Sedan? How one quick trick in 2012 changed the way America drives—and undermined its climate rules
by thenewrepublic
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Kate Aronoff writes about how one quick trick by the EPA in 2012 changed the way America drives—and undermined its climate rules.
Two years after that, near the end of the 2014 model year, I bought a 4-cylinder Honda Accord new from the dealer. It still gets 35-40 MPG, even in the hilly country where I live. I bought it because I’d long accepted the reality of climate change, and buying a smaller vehicle was the much better choice compared to gas guzzling, high emitting truck-like vehicles.
I’m surprised that no one forced me to buy the much larger vehicles that everyone else in America was somehow forced to buy, because last time I checked, vehicles like the Accord and Civic are still being sold, and cost far less than the giant truck-like vehicles.
This also killed light duty small pickup trucks and is why you no longer see many of these on the market.