SUVs at war with EVs: Progress in selling more electric cars is offset by the growth in sales of larger and more polluting sports utility vehicles. SUVs present greater threats to both safety and climate change. E&T consulted experts and examined the data about the future of the bulky vehicle class

SPORTS UTILITY vehicle (SUV) advertising is often libertarian. Advertisers never fail to show the tall and bulky vehicle in front of a vast, secluded landscape, but there is often a lack of people or other vehicles around. The reality is quite different. The chances are extremely low that a 4x4 SUV model will drive more than half of the time on the untouched off-road terrain where it excels.