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BBC News: Why don't Europeans buy more American cars? - BBC News
tl;dr - they're a bit shit, they're not economical, and they're too big to drive on smaller European city streets and lanes.
@xtaldave American automakers expect Europeans to adapt their taste to their high-margin manufacturing.
And yes, most Americans drive cars that are far too big for their purposes and that endanger pedestrians.
@Badger_AF @xtaldave
Yes! Good Lord, many of us *want* smaller cars to drive. We badly need smaller, more affordable EV's, not just luxury SUV's or giant pickup trucks. Why should we expect Europeans to want giant trucks? Man, a lot of *us* can't stand those things, to the point that the giant lifted pickup driven by a cosplay cowboy is a cultural joke.
@Badger_AF @MaryAustinBooks @xtaldave The one’s with dangling testicles are the ones that crack me up. Tell me with no words that you’re dickless AND intellectually challenged.
![Screengrab from old twitter, user @lllaurenA
"If you have a truck with balls hanging from it, and your truck wasn't born with balls, and you put the balls on [in] an elective process, you have a trans truck. Congratulations."](https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/114/014/641/533/194/974/original/a00322f2513a5144.png "Screengrab from old twitter, user @lllaurenA
\"If you have a truck with balls hanging from it, and your truck wasn't born with balls, and you put the balls on [in] an elective process, you have a trans truck. Congratulations.\"")
@MaryAustinBooks @tend2wobble @xtaldave
Still holding out for the Rivian RX3! 300 plus miles for $35K? I'll wait a year or two and then buy it used!
https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a63446975/rivian-r3x-future-cars/
Seph 
@MaryAustinBooks @xtaldave I have given VW a lot of shit for bragging about taking on Tesla and then putting out weak EVs.
I stand to be corrected - next month, VW is presenting an EV (ID.1) for $20K which will debut in... 2027?
The devil is always in the details. Will have a 279 mile range? Will it be available in the U.S.
https://electrek.co/2025/02/14/volkswagen-previews-20000-id-1-ev-ahead-of-march-debut/
@Badger_AF @xtaldave
There's progress all the time. I love the fact that in maybe as little as 5 years we might have sodium based EV batteries instead of lithium, eliminating a lot of thorny environmental and ethical issues with mining!