{"id":196241,"date":"2023-11-24T22:50:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-24T22:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tokenstalk.info\/?p=196241"},"modified":"2023-11-24T22:50:00","modified_gmt":"2023-11-24T22:50:00","slug":"chelsea-tractors-power-ahead-as-suv-sales-overtake-conventional-cars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tokenstalk.info\/world-news\/chelsea-tractors-power-ahead-as-suv-sales-overtake-conventional-cars\/","title":{"rendered":"&apos;Chelsea tractors&apos; power ahead as SUV sales overtake conventional cars"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>&#8216;Chelsea tractors&#8217; power ahead as global sales of SUVs overtake conventional cars for the first time<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Sports utility vehicles represented 51 per cent of the total new cars sold in 2022<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Global sales of heavier SUV cars overtook conventional cars for the first time last year \u2013 hampering efforts to cut carbon emissions.<\/p>\n<p>A report shows sports utility vehicle purchases represented 51 per cent of the total new cars sold in 2022, a trend that experts expect to continue rising.<\/p>\n<p>Despite jibes of being &#8216;Chelsea tractors&#8217; and never going off-road in Britain, seven of the top ten cars sold this year have been SUVs.<\/p>\n<p>As governments gear up for next week&#8217;s COP28 climate change summit in Dubai, the comfort of these vehicles has come at a cost to binding net zero targets, according to research group the Global Fuel Economy Initiative.<\/p>\n<p>The shift to larger, more powerful vehicles has led to increased oil consumption and direct CO2 emissions, the report claimed.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/24\/02\/78181569-12785951-Despite_jibes_of_being_Chelsea_tractors_and_never_going_off_road-a-15_1700792424676.jpg\" height=\"425\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Despite jibes of being &#8216;Chelsea tractors&#8217; and never going off-road in Britain, seven of the top ten cars sold this year have been SUVs (Stock Image)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/24\/02\/78182213-12785951-image-a-110_1700791338605.jpg\" height=\"274\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>A report shows sports utility vehicle purchases represented 51 per cent of the total new cars sold in 2022, a trend that experts expect to continue rising<\/p>\n<p>Without the worldwide appetite for SUVs, fuel consumption for combustion engine vehicles could have been cut by nearly a third between 2010 to 2022.<\/p>\n<p>The report reveals the average weight of a car reached an all-time high last year \u2013 at 1.5 tons \u2013 roughly double that of a post-war Morris Minor.<\/p>\n<p>Popular ultra-heavy SUVs on British streets can weigh nearly three tons.<\/p>\n<p>The shift to SUVs is partially offset by the uptake of electric cars but these weigh more than conventional combustion engine vehicles due to the battery.<\/p>\n<p>A US report has revealed SUVs with a bonnet height more than 40 inches are 45 per cent more likely to kill pedestrians in crashes than standard cars.<\/p>\n<p>Sheila Watson, of road safety charity FIA Foundation which funded the report, said: &#8216;Vehicle size is a huge problem threatening many aspects of sustainable mobility, from climate to road safety.&#8217; One of the report recommendations is to reform vehicle taxes so weight is included as a criteria. 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