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Monster pickup trucks accelerate into Europe as sales rise despite safety fears

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Nearly 5,000 Dodge Rams were brought to Europe last year , according to European Environment Agency .

The number of Rams arriving on the continent up 20% in 2023 from the year before .

Road safety campaigners in the UK and Europe are aghast as the latest, most extreme cases of North American car bloat.

Large pickup trucks still only made up less than 1% of new car and van registrations in Europe in 2023 .

Vehicles are far more polluting than regular cars, but those approved via the IVA loophole do not count toward the EU ’s fleet-wide CO2 targets.

To meet the targets and compensate the emissions from each large pickup truck, a manufacturer would have to put three extra electric vehicles on the road.