My new article is a deep dive in Slate offering everything you wanted to know about car bloat, from its history to its business rationale to policy fixes.
Make no mistake: The increasing size of SUVs and trucks deepens myriad societal problems from road safety to inequality to climate change. And the problem is only getting worse.
https://slate.com/business/2023/12/cars-trucks-suv-sales-electric-safety-risk.html