Basically people will decide the price they’re willing to pay and will increase their “needs” until they hit that price. Cars have gotten much more efficient, so they’ve gotten bigger. This is the same effect you see with highways; as soon as you build a better road more people will use it (driving further and eschewing alternative transport) until the new road is just as crowded as the old one.
For me, it is obnoxious how few options there are to replace my 2013 Volt. I’d like a compact, nimble hybrid that doesn’t drive like an appliance. The options are few, because that type of product isn’t as profitable, it seems
Basically people will decide the price they’re willing to pay and will increase their “needs” until they hit that price. Cars have gotten much more efficient, so they’ve gotten bigger. This is the same effect you see with highways; as soon as you build a better road more people will use it (driving further and eschewing alternative transport) until the new road is just as crowded as the old one.
For me, it is obnoxious how few options there are to replace my 2013 Volt. I’d like a compact, nimble hybrid that doesn’t drive like an appliance. The options are few, because that type of product isn’t as profitable, it seems