Big Cars, Bigger Crisis

The world’s three largest automakers – Toyota, Volkswagen and Hyundai-Kia – each increased their sales of sport utility vehicles (SUVs) by more than 150% over the last decade, according to a new Greenpeace East Asia report. For these automakers, tailpipe emissions from increased SUV sales have more than canceled out climate gains from the transition to electric vehicles (EVs), the research finds.