Remember, this is a policy at all levels. The governments love big car exports because it's a lot of money, but the auto worker unions also love this.
It's a similar dynamic to housing like flats/apartments all being oriented towards luxury standards that are unaffordable and drive up the prices. Society is allowing these corporations to try to get the maximum profits at the cost of society and the environment.
This can be easily reversed by taxing them heavily. Make them unprofitable.
edit: I disagree with the video's implications that everyone should own a car. Fuck cars. If they become a (obvious) luxury, they should definitely be removed from urban areas and not be subsidized in any way. Let them play with their luxury cars on private race tracks.
All cars should also be painted in high-visibility color (yellow/green and orange/red/pink) and car passengers should wear helmets for their protection.
The problem is that average people don't know what significance to attach to the "negative transparency". Which is why this is necessary:
Hyde is calling for a renewed effort to teach the public about scientific norms, which would be done through science education and communication to eliminate the "naïve" view of science as infallible.
Which is a different way of saying that the society suffers from the value of "obedience to authority" and the bad habit of cognitive offloading (having others think for you). This is the source of a lot of problems...
Not without significant and costly effort.