They’re clogging up our cities. They’re polluting our air. And they’re making the car industry lots and lots of cash. Why are so many people obsessed with SUVs? And how bad is this for our planet?

Author: Malte Rohwer-Kahlmann
Video Editor: David Jacobi
Editor: Carmen Meyer

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SUV sales figures and emissions: https://www.iea.org/commentaries/grow...

SUVs and pedestrians: https://www.iihs.org/news/detail/new-...

SUVs and crashes with other cars: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31381...

SUVs and rollovers: https://www.consumerreports.org/cro/n....

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