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- Americans' love affair with big cars is killing them https://www.economist.com/interactive/united-states/2024/08/31/americans-love-affair-with-big-cars-is-killing-themfromTheEconomist 4 comments
- Americans' love affair with big cars is killing them https://www.economist.com/interactive/united-states/2024/08/31/americans-love-affair-with-big-cars-is-killing-them 413 comments
- American Cars Are Getting Too Big for Parking Spaces https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3pyzx/american-cars-are-getting-too-big-for-parking-spaces 81 comments
- Big cars are killing Americans https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/12/suvs-trucks-killing-pedestrians-cyclists/621102/ 106 comments
- Big Cars Are Killing Americans https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/12/suvs-trucks-killing-pedestrians-cyclists/621102/ 4 comments
- Trump’s oil triumphalism will end in American tears. The US is taking a big risk by doubling down on fossils and combustion cars. It may find in the 2030s that it has achieved the worst of all worlds: left on the sidelines of the global clean-tech economy, while still dependent on imported oil. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/03/14/trumps-oil-triumphalism-will-end-in-american-tears/ 1704 comments energy
- Americans’ Love Affair with Big Cars is Killing Them https://www.economist.com/interactive/united-states/2024/08/31/americans-love-affair-with-big-cars-is-killing-them 591 comments economics
- Americans’ love affair with big cars is killing them https://www.economist.com/interactive/united-states/2024/08/31/americans-love-affair-with-big-cars-is-killing-them 65 comments economy
- Americans’ love affair with big cars is killing them https://www.economist.com/interactive/united-states/2024/08/31/americans-love-affair-with-big-cars-is-killing-them 64 comments truereddit
- Why are cars in the US so big? The policies that ruined American cars, explained. https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/24139147/suvs-trucks-popularity-federal-policy-pollution 105 comments economy
- Why are cars in the US so big? The policies that ruined American cars, explained. https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/24139147/suvs-trucks-popularity-federal-policy-pollution 124 comments environment
- Why are cars in the US so big? The policies that ruined American cars, explained. https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/24139147/suvs-trucks-popularity-federal-policy-pollution 113 comments technology
- American Cars Are Getting Too Big For Parking Spaces https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3pyzx/american-cars-are-getting-too-big-for-parking-spaces 217 comments economics
- Big Cars Are Killing Americans https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/12/suvs-trucks-killing-pedestrians-cyclists/621102/ 7 comments technology
- Big Cars Are Killing Americans https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/12/suvs-trucks-killing-pedestrians-cyclists/621102/ 325 comments truereddit
- 8 Big Reasons Why Carly Fiorina Would Be a Disaster in the Senate--Fiorina ranks as the 19th worst CEO in American history. Where did she get the gall to run in the first place? http://www.alternet.org/module/printversion/148679 4 comments politics
- An example of how not to conduct a poll... In 1936 a magazine sponsored a 1936 presidential poll showing the Republican candidate, Alfred Landon, with a big lead over FDR. 10 million people were polled. They were telephone users and car owners. Most Americans couldn't afford either. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/the_literary_digest#presidential_poll 8 comments history
- Americans torn over bailout for Big 3 car makers. http://www.dailyfueleconomytip.com/fuel-efficient-vehicles/who-should-pay-for-fuel-efficient-car-plants-big-3-or-the-federal-government/ 3 comments politics
- Eggs, cars, and stocks The 3 big reasons Americans are suddenly psyched about the economy. Vibes-wise, something has changed in recent weeks. Americans are suddenly confident in the economic future again. So what gives? The answer, I think, is fairly simple. https://www.businessinsider.com/consumer-confidence-economy-stock-market-gas-prices-eggs-vibes-recession-2024-1 14 comments economy
- 'Oil Industry Wins' as Trump Transportation Chief Targets Biden Clean Car Rules | "Sean Duffy is selling American families out to Big Oil, burdening us with higher fuel prices and more polluting gas-guzzlers that harm our health.” https://www.commondreams.org/news/department-of-transportation-fuel-economy 5 comments climate
- What makes a car American? Many Big Three vehicles aren't even made or assembled here. Why invest in companies that don't invest in America? http://edition.cnn.com/2008/us/12/12/american.cars/index.html?iref=mpstoryview 232 comments business
- Electric cars aren’t just vehicles. They’re big batteries. Integrating EVs into American society could help prevent power blackouts, stabilize the US’s crumbling electric grid, and make solar and wind energy more reliable sources of power for more people. https://www.vox.com/recode/22872237/biden-electric-vehicle-batteries-clean-energy 32 comments environment
- Electric cars aren’t just vehicles. They’re big batteries. Integrating EVs into American society could help prevent power blackouts, stabilize the US’s crumbling electric grid, and make solar and wind energy more reliable sources of power for more people. https://www.vox.com/recode/22872237/biden-electric-vehicle-batteries-clean-energy 70 comments energy
- Toyota North American CEO: We're betting big on fuel cell cars. "Why? Because "it's an on-demand electric vehicle," Lentz said. "Rather than having a large heavy battery that takes a while to charge, you basically use hydrogen to produce electricity and water vapor." http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2014/05/20/toyota-ceo-jim-lentz-brainstorm-green/ 4 comments technology
- Sen. Merkley (D-Or) pushes for billions in electric car investment with bi-partisan bill: "The sooner companies like Arcimoto get American electric cars out on the roads, the sooner we’ll break our dependence on the big oil companies" http://www.kmtr.com/news/local/story/senator-merkley-pushes-for-billions-in-electric/awrfmru6tkkpuu5l_wc6ja.cspx 55 comments politics