News & Resources Below are the texts linked throughout the site, plus some additional references around the topics mentioned. Australian city's plan to hike parking fees for over-sized SUVs and utesRNZ, 13 Mar 2024 Paris has hiked parking charges on SUVs. Now cities like London are taking noteBy Vicky McKeeverCNBC, 11 Mar 2024 The Stakes in the SUV “Arms Race” Go Way Beyond SafetyBy Emma Durand-WoodStrong Towns, 7 Mar 2024 UK a ‘tax haven’ for polluting SUVs, says green thinktankBy Gwyn TophamThe Guardian, 1 Mar 2024 January new car registrations: EVs plunge, petrol cars surgeBy Chris KeallThe New Zealand Herald, 5 Feb 2024 Parisians vote in favour of tripling parking costs for SUVsBy Angelique ChrisafisThe Guardian, 4 Feb 2024 After Paris votes in favour of higher SUV parking charges, some Wellingtonians say they'd support it for their cityBy Demelza LeslieNewshub, 2 Feb 2024 Govt warned of costs of cutting clean car schemeBy Emma HattonNewsroom, 14 Dec 2023 SUV and ute sales slowed due to NZ’s Clean Car Discount – expect that to reverse under a new governmentBy Timothy WelchThe Conversation, 10 Nov 2023 NZ sales: SUVs dominate againBy Matt BroganGoAuto.com.au, 5 Jun 2023 Higher point of impact makes SUV crashes more dangerous for cyclistsThe Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, 13 April 2023 Climate change: NZ could face $24 billion bill to hit 2030 international Paris Agreement targets in carbon credits, officials warnBy Michael NeilsonThe New Zealand Herald, 11 April 2023 SUVs are more popular than ever in Australia – but there is a downside By Josh NicholasThe Guardian, 18 March 2023 Top Selling Cars in New ZealandBy Bruce PitchersCanstar, 16 March 2023 Why S.U.V.s Are Still a Huge Environmental ProblemBy Elizabeth KolbertThe New Yorker, 3 March 2023 Carbon emissions from global SUV fleet outweighs that of most countriesBy Damian CarringtonThe Guardian, 28 February 2023 As their sales continue to rise, SUVs’ global CO2 emissions are nearing 1 billion tonnesBy Laura Cozzi, Apostolos Petropoulos, Leonardo Paoli, Mathilde Huismans, and Amrita DasguptaInternational Energy Agency, 27 February 2023 We may be underestimating just how bad carbon-belching SUVs are for the climate – and for our healthBy Robin Smit and Nic SurawskiThe Conversation, 16 September 2022 Effects of large vehicles on pedestrian and pedalcyclist injury severityBy Mickey Edwards and Daniel LeonardJournal of Safety Research, 27 August 2022 New Zealand must get over its obsession with big cars and go smaller or electric to cut emissionsBy Jen PurdieRNZ / The Conversation, 24 May 2022 Growing SUV popularity coincides with surge in vehicle emissionsBy Jordan BondRNZ, 10 August 2021 Car Ratings Take a Back Seat to Vehicle Type: Outcomes of SUV Versus Passenger Car CrashesBy Dietrich Jehle, Albert Arslan, Chirag Doshi, and Clay O’BrienHCA Healthcare Journal of Medicine, August 2021 Carbon emissions fell across all sectors in 2020 except for one – SUVsBy Laura Cozzi and Apostolos PetropoulosInternational Energy Agency, 15 January 2021 Climate Action Tracker: New Zealand Motor Vehicle SalesMotor Industry Association of New Zealand, 2021 What the actual truck?By Andrew SimmsThe Ecologist, 7 April 2021 How SUVs conquered the world – at the expense of its climateBy Oliver MilmanThe Guardian, 1 September 2020 “Beasts”—New Zealand’s utility vehicles: their climate change emissions and macho marketingBy John Horrocks and Nick WilsonNew Zealand Medical Journal, 13 December 2019