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The average American automobile now weighs over 2 tonnes and takes up almost 5 square meters of space.
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That’s vehicles classified as “light duty” — pickup trucks.
All other vehicle classes are down in curb weight over that same period.
Another issue is that more people are buying "light duty" vehicles...
It’s infuriating. The number of trucks with their ass hanging out of driveways and parking spots is a legitimate public safety emergency.
And it's probably worse than that graph seems to show... Since people are moving to a larger vehicle class mostly due to marketing rather than use case...
Yeah, show us the average numbers for all vehicles used for private personal transport then.
https://www.consumeraffairs.com/automotive/average-car-weight.html
You know, eventually you’ll need to learn how to use a search provider on your own.
Watch it. The only reason your comment didn't get removed is that @Jiral found your link useful.
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Ah, ad hominem. Always nice.
Your quote does not answer my question, but the source you linked to actually did.
Average vehicle weight by year
2014: 4060 pounds
2024: 4419 pounds
But those searches don't tell me what I want to hear!