IEA says electric cars are key to low carbon future
Tue 23 October 2012
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The International Energy Agency (IEA) says that it considers electric vehicles to be one of the best options for decarbonising the transport sector, especially in urban areas.
The IEA publication Energy Technology Perspectives 2012 projects that half of all passenger cars by 2050 will need to be EVs (both plug-in hybrid EVs and battery EVs). To reach these targets, 20 million EVs will need to be on the road by 2020, but this cannot be met without higher rates of EV sales. This means that sales of EVs must double every year by the end of this decade.
Representatives from major auto makers and IEA member countries met in Stuttgart on 19 October for informal discussions on ways to increase the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) around the world.
Organised by the Clean Energy Ministerial’s Electric Vehicle Initiative (EVI), which is chaired by the IEA, the public-private roundtable followed an earlier discussion on electric vehicles between government and industry stakeholders at the 3rd Clean Energy Ministerial last April in London. “By bringing together top government advisers and key automotive OEMs, we were able to use this unique forum to take an informed pulse of the path towards EV deployment market development and key steps for keeping momentum,” said IEA Energy Analyst Tali Trigg.
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