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martyb
on Wednesday December 19 2018, @04:34AM
from the now-they're-buying...trucks? dept.
from the now-they're-buying...trucks? dept.
General Motors has announced it's shuttering five production facilities and killing six vehicle platforms by the end of 2019 as it reallocates resources towards self-driving technologies and electric vehicles.
[...] North American car production hit 17.5 million vehicles in 2016, and dropped marginally to 17.2 million in 2017. Interesting, but perhaps not significant.
More telling are changes in driver behaviour. In North America, for example, fewer teens are getting driver's licences. In 1983, 92 per cent of teens were licensed, while by 2014, that number had dropped to 77 per cent. In Germany, the number of new licences issued to drivers aged 17 to 25 has dropped by 300,000 over the last 10 years.
Are we over our love affair with cars?
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 19 2018, @10:20PM (2 children)
Is there a significant difference in insurance cost between trucks and hatchbacks?
(Score: 1) by Sulla on Thursday December 20 2018, @12:46AM (1 child)
Maybe someone else can chime in on their costs for a smaller vehicle. But for comprehensive insurance with a zero deductible I am paying 45/mo on a 2016 truck. Our '12 caravan is 50/mo for a 500 deductible. I presume this is because my truck has five stars and my wife's caravan is a deathtrap.
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(Score: 2) by istartedi on Friday December 21 2018, @12:42AM
Some variables are missing: Your state, your age, miles/year (in California and maybe other states they ask you this and presumably it could be fraud if you're caught lying), your driving record, and coverage other than deductible such as CSL (Combined Single Limit) and other aspects of the quality of the insurance. I might still be forgetting some things, but the bottom line is that you have to hold all those other variables constant before you can compare vehicles.
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