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EU cave in on vehicle trade rules will cost European lives as US pick-up trucks flood into Europe (www.transportenvironment.org)
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[โ€“] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 67 points 1 day ago (1 children)

RAM pick ups are not type-approved to be sold on the EU market, but are imported under IVA, ostensibly to be sold on a one-off or โ€˜individualโ€™ basis. Already, the IVA rule, intended for niche uses, is being roundly abused by German and Dutch Type Approval entities, which approve 69% and 30% of RAMs respectively, said T&E. Imports of three other pick-up trucks โ€“ the Ford F-150, the Chevrolet Silverado and the GMC Sierra 1500 โ€“ have skyrocketed from 157 in 2019 to approx 1,700 in 2024 [1].

The EU Commissionโ€™s proposals to close the IVA loophole tabled in early July are now at risk from an EU-US trade pact which states that the EU and US โ€œintend to accept and provide mutual recognition to each otherโ€™s standardsโ€ for cars.

[โ€“] Pechente@feddit.org 31 points 1 day ago (3 children)

And to compete our domestic car industries will probably start making similar models :/

[โ€“] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 16 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

As these vehicles aren't officially sold in EU by their brands, they don't enter the pollution calculation of their average fleet. I doubt that they will produce even more similar models adapted to and for the EU market.

[โ€“] Vanilla_PuddinFudge@infosec.pub 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

One-up it entirely and make a 'thinner' pickup truck that does comply with EU roads and usurp the Chrysler dogshit entering your nations.

Let the Germans make it.

[โ€“] towerful@programming.dev 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Isn't that just a van?

[โ€“] Vanilla_PuddinFudge@infosec.pub 6 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Make kei trucks popular in Europe.

[โ€“] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 1 points 7 hours ago

There is already e.g. the Multicar.

[โ€“] zaphod@sopuli.xyz 4 points 20 hours ago

Already happened, VW has the Amarok. The first generation was apparently too small to be sold successfully in the USA and they shifted it to EU. Mercedes-Benz had the X-Class, I think it was a similar story.