The number of electric cars, vans, trucks and buses on the world´s roads is on course to increase from 11m vehicles to 145m by the end of the decade ..
A report by the International Energy Agency has found that there could be 230m electric vehicles worldwide by 2030 if governments agreed to encourage the production of enough low-carbon vehicles to stay within global climate targets ... Despite the economic slowdown, which caused the global car industry to shrink by 16% last year, a record 3m new electric cars were registered around the world last year, to bring the total to 10m electric cars. There are also approximately 1m electric vans, heavy trucks and buses. The IEA said consumers spent $120bn on electric vehicles last year, up 50% from the year before, as carmakers offered 370 electric models to the market, an increase of 40% compared with 2019. The race to corner the electric vehicle market is expected to gain pace as 18 of the 20 largest carmakers - representing 90% of the global automotive industry - prepare to increase the number of models on offer ... More: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/apr/29/electric-vehicles-on- worlds-roads-expected-to-increase-to-145m-by-2030 or https://v.gd/jQu2jc David Roden, EVDL moderator & general lackey To reach me, don't reply to this message; I won't get it. Use my offlist address here : http://evdl.org/help/index.html#supt = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = The problem with the future is that it keeps turning into the present. -- Bill Watterson, "Calvin and Hobbes" = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = _______________________________________________ Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org No other addresses in TO and CC fields UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org
