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SUV and Pickup Purchases Soar — But Who’s Buying?

Americans set a new record last month for SUV and pickup truck sales. But who's buying all these giant cars (mostly Republicans, it turns out).

April 20, 2021

SUV and Pickup Purchases Soar — But Who’s Buying?

Streetsblog USA |Automakers

As Biden Campaigned on Green Cars, U.S. Truck Sales Soared

A wave of U.S. car buyers nearly tied the all-time record for truck and SUV purchases, just weeks before the American people at large elected a President who wants to get rid of gas-guzzlers altogether by 2050.

November 10, 2020

Streetsblog USA |Cars

Watchdog to Audit Flawed U.S. Motor Vehicle Safety Program

Our rising pedestrian death toll isn't what prompted the investigation — but could it inadvertently help end it?

August 19, 2020

Streetsblog USA |Car crashes

American SUVs are Too Dangerous for UK Roads, UK Safety Experts Say

American SUVs kill so many people on U.S. roads that other countries don't want them anywhere near their own roads.

July 21, 2020

Streetsblog USA |car sales

Post-COVID Car Sales Are on the Rise — Especially Sales of Trucks and SUVs

Drivers aren't just buying more cars than they were a month ago — they're buying bigger ones.

June 23, 2020

Streetsblog USA |emissions

Five Reasons Why Trump’s Fuel Standards Rollback is Terrible

Here's the only story you need on why the Trump administration is wrong to gut an Obama-era rule to make cars cleaner and more efficient.

April 1, 2020

Streetsblog USA |Auto Makers

The Secret Villains Behind Traffic Violence: Auto Lenders

Americans are taking on more debt than ever at the car dealership and the rise in risky auto lending has everything to do with our national rise in pedestrian fatalities.

February 20, 2020

Streetsblog USA |coord

EV Hummer Bummer, Part II: Bad News For Emissions

This is the second part of Streetsblog's ongoing series about GMC's new Hummer EV — which is a disaster no matter that it's powered by electrons instead of gasoline.

February 5, 2020

Streetsblog USA |Climate Change

The Electric Hummer Will Be Bad For The Planet

The Hummer EV is being bill as a "quiet revolution" — and it is, but not for the reasons GMC wants you to think.

February 5, 2020

Streetsblog USA |Buses

It’s Time to Play Super Bowl Car Ad Bingo!

Coord invites cities and other curb managers to apply for its Digital Curb Challenge to undertake a free curb management pilot program in 2020. Applications close on Feb. 14. Click here for information. Super Bowl Sunday means one thing: it’s time for the most aggressively stupid car commercials of the year! The annual car culture climax […]

January 31, 2020

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