Geraldine Herbert
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So all of the new cars sold in the EU must pass EU vehicle type approval.
So the EU could just cap bonnet height.
They could cap the length of cars and cars that exceed that could just be classified as different vehicles.
Now, that would put a stop quicker than anything else on carmaker's.
you know, increase in car size as they are at the moment.
Yeah, because basically motor tax changed in 2008.
It used to be based on engine size.
Then it was moved to emissions.
So obviously newer cars are more efficient.
The same with EVs.
They obviously have no...
no emissions, therefore they pay less tax.
And that's why our tax system moved to that.
Well, that's the thing.
Consumer demand, we want, we're getting bigger over the last few decades.
We want more space.
We want to feel safer.
But carmakers have fed into that as well.
I mean, they very much sell these cars as the only and the safest way, you know, to transport your family.
So I think, you know, we've been fed that as well.