For road cars yes, a bit is because of safety. For the US its mostly because of the one law about light trucks being work-vehicles and so they didnt get taxed the same or something.
It is that vehicle footprint is used as part of calculating a manufacturer’s CAFE score. So if the car is bigger it doesn’t have to get as good mileage effectively subsidizing large vehicles.
For road cars yes, a bit is because of safety. For the US its mostly because of the one law about light trucks being work-vehicles and so they didnt get taxed the same or something.
It is that vehicle footprint is used as part of calculating a manufacturer’s CAFE score. So if the car is bigger it doesn’t have to get as good mileage effectively subsidizing large vehicles.