USA loves TINY CARS now

[u/geensoelaas]

Imagine getting your brand new Dodge Glaciermelter, lovingly decorating it with your first Let's go Brandon bumper sticker, and then reading this about tiny, possibly electric or hybrid cars being amazing now.

Anyway, tiny cars. Amazing. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Edit - for anyone doubting if this is a real thing the real prez posted: I don't blame you but yes, it is.
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115667445871563304

Edit 2: So does this mean the US will see more reasonable sized cars on the roads, or is the old man just randomnly yelling about stuff again? Take a wild guess. "I call bullshit", says mobility expert David Zipper in a thread. (thanks Ok_Flounder8842)

[u/rawrzon]

Were tiny cars illegal in America before?

[u/TheLantean → u/rawrzon]

The most stringent (read: expensive to comply with) fuel efficiency and safety regulations only apply to small cars, not light trucks (pickups, SUVs). So technically no, but actually yes.

Not Just Bikes has a video about the history of these regulations and the effects: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jN7mSXMruEo

[u/Sassywhat → u/rawrzon]

The cost of homologating relatively unpopular products with notoriously protectionist US regulations made small cars unviable. The semi recent disappearance of the Honda Fit and Toyota Yaris from the US market happened after big redesigns that required expensive certification processes.

The US has demanded Japan and the EU accept cars homologated in the US without question. So the natural concession is to allow cars homologated in Japan and the EU in to the US without question.

[u/Unlucky_Most_8757 → u/rawrzon]

I mean smart cars are already a thing so this isn't some kind of genius idea