Thread by @greenmattbfd

🚗 FUN FACT - SUVs are the world's 6th largest polluter (if they were ranked as a country)

😷 Total emissions of all the SUVs globally is more than Germany, Saudi Arabia and South Korea

🌍 But despite the fact we are facing a #ClimateEmergency, car makers are still pushing SUVs

In fact, Growing demand for SUVs was the second largest contributor to the increase in global CO2 emissions from 2010 to 2018. #pollution

The increase in global #emissions from SUVs was more than heavy industry, shipping and #aviation

theguardian.com/environment/ng…

But there's more

⛽ Oil consumption from SUVs reached 5.5 million barrels per day in 2020.

🚗 Emissions from SUVs have nearly tripled over the past decade.

⚡ Even electric SUVs contribute to pollution through higher amount of particulates from tyres.

iea.org/commentaries/c…

🚙 Car manufacturers are continuing to tell us that we need SUVs

🚗 @Ford -have announced they are going to stop production of the Focus and the Fiesta - two of their most popular models

🤔 Instead it is deciding to focus on #EVs - but what type of EV?

qz.com/ford-is-droppi…

🤯 You guessed it! An SUV!

@Ford are going to stop production of the compact #Fiesta - still one of the most popular cars in #Europe, and instead build a new "crossover" #EV based on the VW ID4.

Car manufacturers like Ford are fuelling (literally!) demand for larger cars

@Ford But Ford are not alone in this ...

A few months ago I posted a thread about why SUVs - even EV SUVs - were bad for road safety and our #environment 👇

https://twitter.com/64684139/status/1567152686939660290

So to clarify,

🚙 SUVs are bad for our environment
🏙️ SUVs are bad for our urban areas
🚸 SUVs are bad for #RoadSafety
😷 SUVs are bad for our health

This goes for electric SUVs too ...

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