David Zipper March 25, 2025 2025, CityLab How SUVs Are Making Traffic Worse David Zipper March 25, 2025 2025, CityLab A groundbreaking new study suggests that SUVs are creating more traffic jams
David Zipper March 13, 2025 2025, Fast Company Detroit killed the sedan. Trump’s trade war will make them wish they hadn’t David Zipper March 13, 2025 2025, Fast Company The Big Three’s commitment to car bloat leaves them vulnerable to Trump’s economic chaos
David Zipper January 6, 2025 Vox, 2025 Gigantic SUVs are a public health threat. Why don’t we treat them like one? David Zipper January 6, 2025 Vox, 2025 Like smoking a cigarette, driving a giant car endangers innocent bystanders. There is power in that narrative.
David Zipper December 10, 2024 2024, Slate Giant Cars Are Going Global David Zipper December 10, 2024 2024, Slate American-style car bloat is going global
David Zipper October 2, 2024 2024, Slate There Is No Technology Fix for Car Bloat David Zipper October 2, 2024 2024, Slate The only surefire way to reduce car bloat's harm: Shrink gigantic vehicles
David Zipper September 24, 2024 2024, Fast Company Why car companies might finally have to care about pedestrian safety David Zipper September 24, 2024 2024, Fast Company In the name of safety, NHTSA wants to require carmakers to moderate their gigantic designs. Good.
David Zipper May 21, 2024 2024, Fast Company Texas police used a monster truck to promote seat belts. It shows all that’s wrong with U.S. road safety David Zipper May 21, 2024 2024, Fast Company Only in America could a police department use a monster truck to encourage seat belt use
David Zipper May 13, 2024 2024, Fast Company Detroit killed the sedan. We may all live to regret it David Zipper May 13, 2024 2024, Fast Company Ford, GM, and Stellantis no longer offer any sedan models in the US. That’s a risky move for them — and bad news for Americans.
David Zipper April 28, 2024 2024, Vox The reckless policies that helped fill our streets with ridiculously large cars David Zipper April 28, 2024 2024, Vox Instead of counteracting car bloat, federal policy has encouraged it
David Zipper February 6, 2024 2024, Slate A 7,000-Pound Car Smashed Through a Guardrail. That’s Bad News for All of Us. David Zipper February 6, 2024 2024, Slate Huge cars will destroy guardrails, leaving taxpayers to pay for expensive upgrades.
David Zipper December 18, 2023 2023, Slate, Featured Why Is Your Car So Big? David Zipper December 18, 2023 2023, Slate, Featured American cars keep growing bigger and heavier — triggering a cascade of problems
David Zipper December 14, 2023 2023, Slate We’re About to Find Out How Dangerous the Cybertruck Really Is David Zipper December 14, 2023 2023, Slate The Cybertruck is recklessly designed — but the feds are powerless to prevent its launch
David Zipper July 19, 2023 2023, The Atlantic EVs Are Sending Toxic Tire Particles into the Water, Soil, and Air David Zipper July 19, 2023 2023, The Atlantic Tire pollution is already harming wildlife and human health. Heavy, overpowered EVs will make the problem worse.
David Zipper June 28, 2023 2023, Slate Carry That Weight David Zipper June 28, 2023 2023, Slate SUVs and trucks are getting so enormous that auto haulers struggle to bring them to dealerships
David Zipper June 1, 2023 2023, The Atlantic Biden Is Ignoring the Menace of Mega-EVs David Zipper June 1, 2023 2023, The Atlantic President Biden and USDOT are ignoring the growing menace of oversized EVs
David Zipper February 24, 2023 2023, Fast Company The Blatant Greenwashing of SUVs David Zipper February 24, 2023 2023, Fast Company For decades, carmakers have tried to convince us that SUVs and nature go hand in hand. They don’t.
David Zipper January 31, 2023 2023, Slate If You Want a Car This Heavy, You Should Pay Through the Nose David Zipper January 31, 2023 2023, Slate It’s time for weight-based car fees — on electric vehicles as well as gas guzzlers
David Zipper January 4, 2023 2023, The Atlantic Electric Vehicles Are Bringing Out the Worst in Us David Zipper January 4, 2023 2023, The Atlantic Electric cars don’t need to be overpowered behemoths
David Zipper November 7, 2022 Slate, 2022 The Car Safety Feature That Kills the Other Guy David Zipper November 7, 2022 Slate, 2022 It’s a problem when a “safe car” means “bigger car.”
David Zipper November 2, 2022 2022, Fast Company Why car companies should fear the golf cart David Zipper November 2, 2022 2022, Fast Company By building expensive, enormous cars, automakers are inviting disruption.
