Pretty irrelevant. Do you really notice the 0.# sec between any vehicle in the real world?
Amazed if your purchase decison is based on these fractions of a second.
I don’t think the answer is regulation. Hard to regulate and reinforce, and some wise ass lawyer will find a way round it.
The best way to get a company to not do this stuff is for the consumer to vote with their feet. Buy a car from a company that doesn’t do this. A savvy competitor will see...
They probably know all this. But what they have done is create a whole new, massive government department (so lots of new jobs). It’ll be one big inefficient waste of oxygen but it keeps the unemployment rate down.
I’ll stop there ….
I sometimes wonder whether car dealers (or sales people in general) ever reflect on their own experiences of purchasing something big, and then figure out what went well ( and do this) and what didn’t (and avoided it).
FWIW, my purchase of a Tesla took me 40mins in and out. Granted, I kinda...
I don't think many people in the US really care about emmisions or saving the environment. They like the idea of being green and if you ask them whether it's a good idea to 'save the planet' they'll always say yes... provided it doesn't inconvenience them. So they'll happily run a big gas...