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Study: Just Shifting to EVs Won’t Save Our Cities, Planet
“When we design our cities, we’ve been putting moving cars ahead of moving people,” said the head of the ITDP “It doesn’t have to be that way."
December 10, 2021
Dear Joe: The Electric Hummer is Not the Future
An open letter to the American president that his constant cheerleading for electric mega-cars is not only a bad look, but bad policy.
November 21, 2021
America’s Most Toxic Car Ads Semi-Finals: Cadillac vs. Dodge
We're finishing out the semi-finals with another battle of the bad dads — and this one's a doozy.
November 4, 2021
HOT TAKES: Four Views on Why Electric Trucks Won’t Save Us
We are being sold a bill of goods, four authors argue.
October 24, 2021
America’s Most Toxic Car Ads: Aggressively American Edition
We're finishing off our first round of competition with two ads that give a salute to America...or at least one very specific, aggressively toxic version of it.
October 5, 2021
Study: How Megacars, More Driving Could Cancel Out EV Gains
Even the most realistic models of the emissions-cutting potential of electric vehicles are still underestimating how much more Americans are likely to drive and their preference for gas-powered megacars, a new study suggests.
September 30, 2021
Federal E-Car Incentives Get $4B, E-Bikes Still In Limbo
U.S. motorists may soon be eligible for up to $12,500 in grants to purchase electric cars, thanks to a new fund folded into the Democrats' reconciliation package — but benefits for e-bike purchasers may be far more modest and aggressively means-tested, unless advocates speak out.
September 20, 2021
Wednesday’s Headlines: Fast Tracking Fast Charging Edition
Today, at a Lower East Side garage, the city will unveil four super-fast chargers for use by electric car owners (hint: this is not such good news). Plus all the other stories from yesterday.
September 8, 2021
To Solve the Climate Crisis, We Need to Drive A Lot Less
With all the gasoline vehicles still driving around for the next 15 to 20 years, EVs won’t be able to close the gap in pollution reduction fast enough.
August 13, 2021
Biden’s Climate Vision is Too Focused on EVs — Again
August 7, 2021
