.AMERICANS adore to super-size-- as well as certainly not simply their convenience food. They favour big sport-utility cars (SUVs) and pickup over small cars and trucks. Some 8.7 m hit the road in 2023, representing more than half of all purchases of brand-new automobiles, according to JATO Dynamics, a study company. Although European autos are additionally growing, United States ones still possess a comfortable top: in 2022 the normal auto sold in The United States evaluated 1,857 kg, just about twenty% more than the average in Europe. Wide streets and also huge parking spaces support this desire for sizable trips-- consequently carries out the legislation. Yet a way out that for virtually half a century has actually incentivised sales of major lorries are going to soon be firmed up. Will that lead Americans to get smaller automobiles?