Specific mention of EVs in Garnaut’s Climate Change Review 2011

According to Garnaut’s Climate Change Review Update 2011 zero-emissions road vehicles will be the most important source of abatement in the transport sector, through the interaction of electrification of vehicles with the decarbonisation of electricity.  It is projected that electric vehicles will account for 14 per cent of the transport task in Australia in 2050.  See for further...

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No more petrol and diesel cars on EU roads by 2050

The European Committee wants to have all petrol and diesel cars off the road by 2050.  By 2030 the usage of these cars has to be reduced by 50% in urban areas.  It is one of the plans for the future of transport in Europe with the aim to reduce the CO2 emissions by 60% by 2050.  At the moment a quarter of the CO2-emissions in the EU come from transport.  On Monday the 28th of March the full...

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