Decades of focusing on safety are being unwound because of ~decade plus (so far) focus on efficiency and environmental regulation.
You can't maximize both.
You can't maximize both.
Obviously, that’s average many cars are significantly worse. Run the numbers and swapping a high mileage but poor fuel economy car for a hybrid/EV and the payback can be a net positive.
I think you mean to say cutting back on costs due to corporate greed?
#1 most obvious atm is autostop.
Starter gives you enough juice to enter the intersection, but engine sputters and you get tboned. Same for not providing enough acceleration/ hp.
Also 1 pedal driving.
Electric cars that outweigh the 'old' 'inefficient' light trucks because batteries are heavy. Harder to stop, more wear on roads. Tires that are designed to extract breaking energy over stopping.
Lithium fires (not cause but much more dangerous result).
Aluminum crush zones in cars not big enough to have crush zones.
Every design decision is a compromise.
Manufacturers push those because of less environmental regs on those vs the perfectly viable Class 1.
And FYI those trucks are bigger because you need more volume and moment-arm when building them out of lighter aluminum instead of heavier steel- a direct consequence of CAFE standards.
I imagine we'd agree that CAFE was poorly done.