No F-150 in France?
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No F-150 in France? US automakers complain the EU blocks big trucks.
European buyers aren't interested in full-size trucks; US car industry doesn't care.
https://arstechnica.com/cars/2026/04/no-f-150-in-france-us-automakers-complain-the-eu-blocks-big-trucks/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social@arstechnica like...wtf?
you wanna run your wheels in country A, you submit to country A's rules and regs about wheels on their roads.
Same for taxes.
And you know...general Law Things.That's how it friggin works ffs
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No F-150 in France? US automakers complain the EU blocks big trucks.
European buyers aren't interested in full-size trucks; US car industry doesn't care.
https://arstechnica.com/cars/2026/04/no-f-150-in-france-us-automakers-complain-the-eu-blocks-big-trucks/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social@arstechnica@mastodon.social
Having driven in Europe (several times during my "traveling IT consultant" years):
1. Not all the roads were safe to use them on (at least not in the parts of Germany, Belgium, UK and the Netherlands I was in)…
2. You'd be hard-pressed to find a place to park a truck like even the smallest versions of the F-150 (especially not in many parking-garages that weren't built to accommodate monstrously-sized vehicles)
I still remember when I was visiting someone I knew from online in their "town" (a village, really). The roads were NARROW. I mean, they were basically two-ish lanes wide. Driving was done in the middle of the road and, to either side, there was a half lane's worth of room for parking (in Germany, the sidewalks were wide and you genarally parked with one side's wheels up on the walkway). Turns were often blind and, if another car had the right of way, you'd need to either try to pull off to the side or back up until you could find such a spot to give way. I can't imagine backing something like an F150 up to get to a give-way spot and backing into such a spot would also be a real trick (monstrously-sized cars for the North American market aren't exactly known for being able to see out or, especially, feel the footprint of the vehicle). -
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No F-150 in France? US automakers complain the EU blocks big trucks.
European buyers aren't interested in full-size trucks; US car industry doesn't care.
https://arstechnica.com/cars/2026/04/no-f-150-in-france-us-automakers-complain-the-eu-blocks-big-trucks/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social@arstechnica Anyone who thinks the EU wants giant trucks doesn't understand the size of most european roads...
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Yesterday I saw a report posted by DW that covered the use of Toyota Prius by Mongolian herders in the country.
The country buys used electric vehicles in droves and they like that vehicle because it’s particularly robust, but it does leave the problem of the electronic waste
@GhostOnTheHalfShell @arstechnica
I can see that. On most European farms, a truck would be used to carry feed and bedding for animals, or a mush more powerful vehicle used to handle crops.
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No F-150 in France? US automakers complain the EU blocks big trucks.
European buyers aren't interested in full-size trucks; US car industry doesn't care.
https://arstechnica.com/cars/2026/04/no-f-150-in-france-us-automakers-complain-the-eu-blocks-big-trucks/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social@arstechnica
If one does the math, we europeans pay over twice as much per unit of gas.Even if you don't care how many pedestrians you kill why would anyone want a guzzler like that???
F#$* off USA, go home and shove your SUV's and pickups up your tailpipes!
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@GhostOnTheHalfShell @arstechnica
I can see that. On most European farms, a truck would be used to carry feed and bedding for animals, or a mush more powerful vehicle used to handle crops.
@GhostOnTheHalfShell @arstechnica
The problem in cities is size. More and more cities encourage public transportation or bicycles. -
@arstechnica the problem is that in Europe we have beautiful city centres we try to preserve from these monstruosities... except Prague.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YZXzgIhFAXk&pp=ygUVYWRhbSBzb21ldGhpbmcgcHJhZ3Vl
@FrancoisPrague @arstechnica The Czech Republic is probably one of the most car centric countries in the EU... I live in a smaller town, and there are multiple RAMs/Silverados parking in the surroundings in this panel buildings neighborhood. That, the total suburbanization of the villages around town and the horrible new residential neighbourhoods with fenced buildings and no public transport is destroying the pretty good urbanism the town had.
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No F-150 in France? US automakers complain the EU blocks big trucks.
European buyers aren't interested in full-size trucks; US car industry doesn't care.
https://arstechnica.com/cars/2026/04/no-f-150-in-france-us-automakers-complain-the-eu-blocks-big-trucks/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social@arstechnica These obese pickup trucks are trashy.
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@GhostOnTheHalfShell @arstechnica
The problem in cities is size. More and more cities encourage public transportation or bicycles.I think it’s funny that all the cars got stuck, but I don’t see this as a problem except for the period of time it takes to extract these things
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No F-150 in France? US automakers complain the EU blocks big trucks.
European buyers aren't interested in full-size trucks; US car industry doesn't care.
https://arstechnica.com/cars/2026/04/no-f-150-in-france-us-automakers-complain-the-eu-blocks-big-trucks/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social@arstechnica They don't work here in the UK. They're too big for our roads, too expensive to fuel and anything you put in the back of a pickup truck will be stolen.
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@arstechnica EU citizens are not interested in US cars or trucks
@pdebruin Not too sure about that. Tons of Fords here. @arstechnica
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No F-150 in France? US automakers complain the EU blocks big trucks.
European buyers aren't interested in full-size trucks; US car industry doesn't care.
https://arstechnica.com/cars/2026/04/no-f-150-in-france-us-automakers-complain-the-eu-blocks-big-trucks/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social@arstechnica But how will the French tow their ski boats to the lake?
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No F-150 in France? US automakers complain the EU blocks big trucks.
European buyers aren't interested in full-size trucks; US car industry doesn't care.
https://arstechnica.com/cars/2026/04/no-f-150-in-france-us-automakers-complain-the-eu-blocks-big-trucks/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=socialThank you, E.U., for protecting our lives from these obscene wank panzers that are stupid and murderous.
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@arstechnica get ready to be colonized like when the brits hooked china on indian opium to buy cheap chinese tea
@Kierkegaanks @arstechnica yeah but now I’m hooked on Chinese tea
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@Kierkegaanks @arstechnica yeah but now I’m hooked on Chinese tea
@glasspusher @arstechnica unprocessed chinese puerrh tea is surprisingly good
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@glasspusher @arstechnica unprocessed chinese puerrh tea is surprisingly good
@Kierkegaanks @arstechnica it’s like heroin
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@arstechnica
If one does the math, we europeans pay over twice as much per unit of gas.Even if you don't care how many pedestrians you kill why would anyone want a guzzler like that???
F#$* off USA, go home and shove your SUV's and pickups up your tailpipes!
@TrimTab Usually insecure men who think this can compensate for their lack of... Everything. @arstechnica
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@arstechnica But how will the French tow their ski boats to the lake?
@Enema_Cowboy @arstechnica on a Citroen Berlingo.
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No F-150 in France? US automakers complain the EU blocks big trucks.
European buyers aren't interested in full-size trucks; US car industry doesn't care.
https://arstechnica.com/cars/2026/04/no-f-150-in-france-us-automakers-complain-the-eu-blocks-big-trucks/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=socialchildren killers
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@arstechnica "full-size"? That is not a particularly neutral choice of words. To us Europeans, they are ridiculously over-sized.
These are the trucks you'd take the family to the fairgrounds to see on SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY!
