I have an Audi A3 TDI and it easily exceeds 40mpg (and yes it's one of the ones caught cheating emissions tests).
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Vehicles classified as light duty trucks in the US are also not subject to such strict emissions standards. Many crossovers are classified as light trucks despite being the same platforms as sedans, but because the classification is different the crossover can cut costs the sedan can't at the expense of emissions. And because of this for a while now "light trucks" have composed the majority of vehicle sales in the US.
It's confusing that vehicles get favorable treatment from the EPA simply for being taller. Sounds like industry lobbying happened to me since SUVs are conveniently also well known for having the best profit margins.
The main benefit imo is not having other car's headlights directly at your eye level. When all the other cars are so much bigger and higher than yours they often don't see you (or pedestrians), which is somewhat dangerous. Of course by then switching to an SUV or truck you instead contribute to the problem which propagates the cycle further. So I stick to my little hatchback with 40mpg+ and just deal with the fact that I'll always have headlights higher off the road than my face and be taking evasive action to avoid getting hit every once in a while.
This is true, but compared to the rest of the middle East they're still far ahead. Sexual activity with the same sex is legal and discrimination based on sexual orientation is illegal.
And not to mention the green belt to prevent sprawl. Excellent foresight.
Induction stoves can heat much faster than the hottest setting on many gas stoves which gives many the impression that electric stoves are "hard to control". But then the resistive element ones have the opposite problem where the power is somewhat lower than gas. Most people don't differentiate the type of electric stove they're using, and just project a single bad experience or two to all electric stoves.
Depending on the environment you grew up in this isn't necessarily the case, high school and college particularly can be very high pressure and consume tons of time when you're not actively "at school". The pressure in college was so much higher than in a real job for me. Weekends used to be for homework and studying only. Weekdays after 5? Also homework. The stress and self inflicted pressure before finals and exams which determine 20%+ of your grade was unreal. Summers were for internships and those weekends were nice. But still not as nice as doing the same thing and getting paid 4x as much.
In tech many companies are looking to lay off employees to cut costs. Ending remote work is an easy way to accomplish this and not pay severance. I don't think we're near the end of companies demanding RTO at corporate level, but at an individual team level it will be hard to change.
I'm at a small branch of my company and different managers have set different expectations for their teams ranging from the corporate mandated 3 days per week to being full remote unless there's some clear reason to be in office. Thankfully I'm on one of the second type of teams and upper management rarely visits our site to realize that it's mostly empty still.
There are always the religious colleges which they support. I was dragged on tours of a few of them with my church group in high school, they're super weird and clearly feel like isolated bubbles even on the tours which are supposed to make them appear normal to potential students.
Even new sedans have a bad time with all the SUVs and pickup trucks. There's not much you can do when the headlight is higher than the highest part of your vehicle.
It's a shame because I don't need the space, don't want to spend the extra money for gas + purchase price, but am risking my safety by not driving one of those monstrosities.
My general solution is to just not drive at night. Why do we subsidize these SUVs and pickup trucks by exempting them from emissions regulations?
It's much easier to build rail in places that weren't designed around cars. Even in rural China people live in condos and apartments with parks between. This helps with NIMBYism and combined with the already large amount of green space left in Chinese cities such systems can be built with the only real concern being the engineering itself. But China is also in a good position for that, as their workforce is incredibly well educated with more engineering talent than they can even fully employ domestically. All that PLUS the political will of a single party state meant it was a very different situation than California.
And that's before you even consider ridership, where even the best possible SF to LA route would still pretty much require you to get a car or taxi once you get to LA (because LA was basically torn down and redesigned for cars).
Right? This should be squarely aimed at Apple rather than Google. Google certainly makes it a little difficult, but unlike Apple it's at least possible to do through official features without literally hacking the device.