.AMERICANS like to super-size-- and certainly not only their convenience food. They favour huge sport-utility lorries (SUVs) as well as pickup over tiny autos. Some 8.7 m hit the trail in 2023, representing majority of all sales of new autos, according to JATO Characteristics, an analysis firm. Although European cars and trucks are actually additionally growing, United States ones still possess a comfy top: in 2022 the average car sold in The United States examined 1,857 kg, almost twenty% much more than the average in Europe. Wide roads as well as huge garage accommodate this inclination for sizable experiences-- therefore does the legislation. Yet a technicality that for virtually half a century has incentivised purchases of major lorries are going to soon be secured. Will that lead Americans to acquire smaller sized automobiles?