Editing SUV (section)

=== Government regulations ===
In the United States, many government regulations simply have categories for "off-highway vehicles" which are loosely defined and often result in SUVs (along with pick-up trucks and [[minivans]]) being classified as [[light trucks]].{{sfn|Bradsher|2002|page=4}}<ref>{{cite web|url= https://info.ornl.gov/sites/publications/Files/Pub69643.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180106114928/https://info.ornl.gov/sites/publications/Files/Pub69643.pdf |archive-date=2018-01-06 |url-status=live |title=Transportation Energy Data Book|first1=Stacy C.|last1=Davis|first2=Susan E.|last2=Williams|first3=Robert G.|last3=Boundy|publisher=Oak Ridge National Laboratory |pages=3–5 |edition=35th |year=2016 |access-date=25 July 2021}}</ref> For example, [[corporate average fuel economy]] (CAFE) regulations previously included "permit greater cargo-carrying capacity than passenger carrying volume" in the definition for trucks, resulting in cars with removable rear seats, like the PT Cruiser, being classified as light trucks.<ref name="carortruck">{{cite book|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=c5xNff-XPWoC&q=Definitions+for+passenger+cars+and+trucks+people+ask+how+can&pg=PA263 |page=263|title=Hybrid Vehicles: and the Future of Personal Transportation |first=Allen |last=Fuhs |publisher=CRC Press|isbn=9781420075342|year=2008 |access-date=2019-04-08}}</ref>

This classification as trucks allowed SUVs to be regulated less strictly than passenger cars under the [[Energy Policy and Conservation Act]] for fuel economy, and the [[Clean Air Act (United States)|Clean Air Act]] for emissions.<ref>{{cite web|last=Yacobucci|first=Brent D.|url= https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metacrs5621/m1/1/high_res_d/RS20298_2003Apr17.pdf|title=Sport Utility Vehicles, Mini-Vans, and Light Trucks: An Overview of Fuel Economy and Emissions Standards|publisher=CRS Report for Congress|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170816003557/https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metacrs5621/m1/1/high_res_d/RS20298_2003Apr17.pdf |archive-date=2017-08-16|url-status=live|date=2003-04-17|access-date=2011-12-23}}</ref> However, from 2004 onwards, the [[United States Environmental Protection Agency]] (EPA) began to hold sport utility vehicles to the same tailpipe emissions standards as cars for criteria pollutants, though not greenhouse gas emissions standards as they were not set until 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2015-08/documents/peg.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151014151834/http://www2.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2015-08/documents/peg.pdf |archive-date=2015-10-14 |url-status=live|title=The Plain English Guide to the CleanAirAct|publisher=United States Environmental Protection Agency|page=8|date=April 2007|access-date=2017-12-06}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.epa.gov/greenvehicles/light-duty-vehicle-emissions|title= Light Duty Vehicle Emissions|date=June 29, 2022|accessdate=January 10, 2023|quote=EPA first set greenhouse gas emission standards for vehicles in 2010, which took effect in MY 2012. }}</ref> In 2011, the CAFE regulations were changed to classify small, two-wheel-drive SUVs as passenger cars.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www1.eere.energy.gov/vehiclesandfuels/facts/m/2012_fotw726.html |title=Fact #726: SUVs: Are They Cars or Trucks? |work=Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy (EERE) U.S. Department of Energy |date=2012-05-07 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140112224330/http://www1.eere.energy.gov/vehiclesandfuels/facts/m/2012_fotw726.html |archive-date=2014-01-12 |access-date=2014-01-12}}</ref>

However, the licensing and traffic enforcement regulations in the United States vary from state to state, and an SUV may be classified as a car in some states but as a truck in others.<ref>{{cite book|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=c5xNff-XPWoC&q=SUV+classified+as+trucks&pg=PA7|page=7|title=Hybrid Vehicles: and the Future of Personal Transportation |first=Allen |last=Fuhs |publisher=CRC Press |isbn=9781420075342 |year=2008 |access-date=2017-12-06}}</ref> For industry production statistics, SUVs are counted in the light truck product segment.<ref name="frost&sullivan">{{cite press release|url= http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/production-of-small-and-compact-suvs-shifts-to-top-gear-in-north-america-finds-frost--sullivan-240075621.html|title=Production of Small and Compact SUVs Shifts to Top Gear in North America, Finds Frost & Sullivan |website=prnewswire.com |date=2014-01-14 |access-date=2014-01-14}}</ref>

In India, all SUVs are classified in the "Utility Vehicle" category per the [[Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers]] (SIAM) definitions and carry a 27% excise tax.<ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.firstpost.com/business/budget-2013-why-suv-found-special-mention-this-budget-day-643760.html |title=Budget 2013: Why SUV found special mention this budget day |first=Sindhu|last=Bhattacharya |date=2013-12-20 |newspaper=Firstpost |access-date=2017-12-06}}</ref> Those that are {{convert|4|m|ft|0|abbr=off}} long, have a {{cvt|1500|cc|cuin|0}} engine or larger, along with {{cvt|170|mm|1}} of ground clearance, are subject to a 30% excise duty.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://profit.ndtv.com/news/industries/article-suv-tax-creating-uneven-playing-field-mahindra-321727 |title=SUV tax creating uneven playing field: Mahindra |date=2013-05-02 |publisher=NDTV |access-date=2017-12-06}}</ref>

In Australia, SUV sales were helped by having lower [[import duty|import duties]] than passenger cars. Up until January 2010, SUVs were subject to a 5% import tariff, compared with 10% for passenger cars.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://blog.autopeople.com.au/2008/11/tariff-reduction-will-soften-price-rises/|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090106180226/http://blog.autopeople.com.au/2008/11/tariff-reduction-will-soften-price-rises/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2009-01-06 |title=Tariff reduction will soften price rises |website=Blog.autopeople.com.au |date=2008-11-18 |access-date=2010-11-16}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.carpoint.com.au/news/2010/matters-of-great-import-17863|title=Matters of great import |publisher=Carpoint |date=2010-01-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016074751/http://www.carpoint.com.au/news/2010/matters-of-great-import-17863|archive-date=2015-10-16 |access-date=2024-01-07}}</ref>

==== Higher parking fee ====
In February 2024, voters in Paris mandated a triple parking charge rate for SUVs, citing environmental impact and street capacity; this followed similar decisions in [[Lyon]] and [[Tübingen]] with similar ordinances being considered by London, Brussels and Amsterdam.<ref>{{cite news |title=Paris to SUVs: Get off my streets! |work=Politico | date=6 February 2024 |first=Tommaso |last=Lecco  |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/paris-suvs-get-off-streets-france-poluution-car-referendum-environment/}}</ref>