• MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml
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    8 months ago

    Since cars are a neccessity for most buyers to move from a to b, they are optimized to use as less energy as possible for it (running costs the manufacturer can’t profit from). Which lead to airstream optimized vehicles, all looking about the same.

    Ironically, since they are also still a status symbol for a lot of people, they got bigger and bigger, leading to heavyweight Van’s, SUVs and “trucks” being more common, using more energy/fuel than is saved with the optimized surface.

    You know, like this: