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No Local Production of EVs in Turkey and Most Passenger Car Stock is Old and Fuel Inefficient
In 2001 the number of registered vehicles in Turkey was 8.5 million with an average increase of 1 million vehicles...
Purchase of New EVs in Saudi Arabia Remains Low Yet Passenger Car Emissions Have Been Decreasing
Saudi Arabia ranked first among the Gulf Cooperation Council countries in the number of vehicles sold in 2021 at about...
Spain Aiming to Reduce its Vehicle Emissions by 39% by 2030
Diverging from reducing trends of GHG emissions seen in other industries in the EU, transport-related emissions have steadily increased and...
Challenges to the Adoption of Electric Cars in South Africa Include Import Duties and Limited Local Production
The transport sector in South Africa is the second largest emitter of GHG in the country, responsible for 10.8% of...
50% of Vehicles in Nigeria Projected to be Locally Built or Assembled EVs in Ten Years
According to the Director-General of the National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC) General status of passenger cars in the...
Mexico has Few Hybrid or Electric Vehicles to Date
Over the last few years, the passenger car fleet has been gradually increasing in Mexico. According to the latest data...
Japanese Passenger Car Electrification Rate is the Highest in the World
Japan is the world’s third largest automobile manufacturer and home to well-known car brands such as Toyota, Nissan, Honda, Suzuki,...
Indonesia Seeks to Raise the Market Share of Electric Vehicles to 25% of Total Vehicle Sales by 2030
In May 2022, Indonesia’s new vehicle market declined “by almost 10% to 49,453 units compared to 54,815 units in 2021”...
Electric Vehicles will Constitute 30% of India’s Passenger Car Stock by 2030
India seeks to achieve about 40 % cumulative electric power installed capacity from non-fossil fuel-based energy resources by the year...
The Registration of Hybrid and Electric Vehicles is on the Rise in Germany
Germany has more than 48 million passenger vehicles on the road. This means that for every 10 inhabitants in Germany...
Seeks to Convert its Total Passenger Car Fleet to EVs by 2040
France was a pioneer in the automotive industry and is currently the third-largest automobile manufacturer in Europe after Germany and Spain. However, the...
Only 5.3% of the EU’s Total Passenger Car Fleet is Powered by Alternative Fuel
Transportation is one of the major sectors that contribute to climate change, as it accounts for 25% of the EU’s...
China’s New Energy Vehicle Strategy Supported by the World’s Largest Vehicle Charging Station Network
China has been the world’s largest and most important car market now for a number of years, with an estimated...
Mandatory Target for All New Light-Duty Cars and Passenger Truck Sales to be Zero-Emissions by 2035 in Canada
As of 2020, Stats Canada reports the number of passenger motor vehicles registered in Canada (vehicles under 4,500 kg) was...
Brazil Has Over 34 Million Licensed Vehicles, One of the Largest Flex-Fuel Fleets in the World
According to a study by consultancy Kearney, commissioned by General Motors, Brazil is expected to have a fleet of 5.5...
Australia has High Passenger Car Ownership and No Mandatory Fuel Standards
While the 2022 Australian federal election signaled a positive change in the way the country is responding to climate change,...
Changing Climate Will Increase Harm to People’s Lives, Homes, and Prosperity in the US
Loss and damage are generally discussed in the international climate area in terms of developing county impacts. However, the impacts...
Climate Change is Causing an Increase in Summer Heatwaves, Wildfires, Storms, and Flooding in the UK
The Meteorological Office, also known as the Met Office, is the United Kingdom’s national weather service. The Met Office predicts that...
Climate Change is Expected to Result in Declines in Agriculture, Industry, and Tourism in Turkey
Changes in the climate may differ from region to region in the world. Regional changes could differ from the global...
Water Levels Across All of Spain’s River Basins Will See a 20% Decrease in the Coming Decades
Spain’s sweltering summer came with three abnormally extreme heat waves that occurred sooner, lasted longer, and was categorized with higher...