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UC Davis report urges policy actions to accelerate equitable transition to ZEVs in Global South

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The report groups countries according to key metrics including vehicle market characteristics, vehicle manufacturing capacity, battery manufacturing, related supply chains and carbon intensity. It also makes recommendations to enable some of these groupings to “leapfrog” to the best practice policies in support of EV uptake.

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UNEP, IEA, ITF and FIA Foundation to Launch Global Fuel Economy Initiative (GFEI)

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Battery electric vehicles, plug-in hybrids and possibly hydrogen fuel cell vehicles could result in further CO 2 reductions and oil savings if they succeed in achieving mass-market commercialization. This would also depend on the provision by the electricity sector of low-CO 2 electricity.