Comment on SUVs emit more climate damaging gas than older cars do, study finds

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paintbucketholder@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

Right.

So no changes between 2013 and 2023 standards for petrol cars. No new technology to reduce harmful emissions either.

So there’s no actual argument in favor of a new SUV over a 10 year old car, outside of marginal degradation of the catalytic converter or degradation of the combustion process - most of which should still be caught in emissions tests.

And even then, properly maintaining the car, replacing the catalytic converter or even replacing the 10 year old car with a new car of the same size instead of upsizing to an SUV would all be better for the environment than buying a new SUV.

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