This is so American. Instead of encouraging city/infrastructure planning and lifestyle changes, the government is promoting coal-powered behemoths that maybe 1% of the population has a legitimate use for.
I work at Home Depot, in a community of about 100k
Every day we get hundreds of regular customers who drive full size pickups. Plumbers, electricians, construction workers, small business owners, lawn companies, landlords, etc. Plus my community is a hub city for several smaller towns who rely on farming. Not to mention the many families who like to tow boats, trailers, or just like the convenience.
Sure, there are guys who drive full sized pickups who don’t need them. My dream vehicle is an F150 and I’m a teacher, so I’ll end up one of them.
Given the best selling vehicle in the US is the F150 and that there are multiple other vehicles like that on the top 10 list, I seriously doubt that a majority of full size pickup truck owners genuinely need the extra space?
Santander is right in that in terms of cars full size trucks are overkill to 99% of people. I do disagree that electrifying them is a bad idea though. More electric cars is good even if they are inefficient cars. And presumably renewable energy will keep increasing and hopefully take over. (Also I've seen some takes that larger vehicles are easier to make electric since they can use the extra space for batteries. Whether or not that is true I don't know)
Plus even for the people who do genuinely need a truck to haul stuff, there are always other options (most notably vans)
