Electric Cars
Basics
Biden is All In on EVs — And a New Era of Car Dependence
In doing so, the White House ensured that car culture will continue to help set the agenda on transportation policy after more than 70 years of misguided, deadly mistakes.
February 11, 2022
The Best EV Charging Solution that No One is Talking About
(Hint: it's not curbside charging in dense cities that already have too many cars.)
January 26, 2022
Year In Review 2021: The Bad News
It's time for our year-in-review. Let's get the bad news out of the way first.
December 23, 2021
Study: Shifting to EVs Won’t Save Our Planet without Creating ‘Compact’ Cities
“When we design our cities, we’ve been putting moving cars ahead of moving people,” said the head of the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy. “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 19, 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 3, 2021
America’s Most Toxic Car Ads: Infiniti vs. Cadillac
When most people think about "family values," they don't usually think about violent driver aggression — unless they've bought into American car culture, that is.
October 21, 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 18, 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 29, 2021
