.AMERICANS LOVE to super-size-- and also certainly not merely their convenience food. They favour massive sport-utility autos (SUVs) and also pickup trucks over little vehicles. Some 8.7 m hit the trail in 2023, making up over half of all sales of brand-new autos, according to JATO Characteristics, an investigation firm. Although International automobiles are actually likewise growing, United States ones still possess a pleasant lead: in 2022 the typical automobile sold in The United States weighed 1,857 kilograms, nearly twenty% more than the average in Europe. Wide roads as well as major parking spaces support this desire for sizable adventures-- therefore performs the legislation. But a loophole that for virtually half a century has actually incentivised purchases of huge vehicles will certainly very soon be secured. Will that lead Americans to acquire much smaller automobiles?