kurt on Nostr: nprofile1q…cccvt nprofile1q…w8r3p It’s all driven by CAFE: corporate average ...

nprofile1qyt8wumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kytcqypgy7djjqr54wnj8j6cmgc8acq0e7uexwcrqu5pdpgyhkm30awhqqvcccvt (nprofile…ccvt) nprofile1qyt8wumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kytcqyz64vewxrdnueuf3hj5es0a32p4enmvmz72heeajzqgkhlc608k5gpw8r3p (nprofile…8r3p) It’s all driven by CAFE: corporate average fuel economy. The automakers have to hit certain targets, or they get fined. This drives a lot of the insanity: engines that switch off at the stoplight, cylinders that don’t get used unless you’re going up a hill, expensive and fragile 9 speed transmissions that cost $10k to fix, and so on.