"Last year, almost every new car sold in Norway, the nature-loving country flush with oil wealth, was fully electric. In prosperous Denmark, which was all-in on petrol and diesel cars until just before Covid, sales of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) reached a share of 68%. In California, the share of zero-emissions vehicles hit 20%. And at least every third new car now bought by the Dutch, Finns, Belgians and Swedes burns no fuel."
"For decades, climate progress has largely come from cleaning up the power sector. Burn gas instead of coal, or replace power plants with wind turbines or solar panels, and you can slash the amount of planet-heating gas spewed into the atmosphere for little cost. Now, early signs suggest transportation may be on the brink of delivering similar wins. EVs have quickly gained ground in markets outside Europe and North America, avoiding a rise in fuel-burning vehicles"
Electric vehicle adoption has surged across wealthy countries, with near-total BEV sales in Norway, 68% BEV share in Denmark, 20% zero-emission share in California, and at least one-third of new cars in the Netherlands, Finland, Belgium and Sweden being non-fuel-burning. Rapid BEV uptake is also emerging in many developing markets, including China, South America, south-east Asia and Turkey, where sales have matched EU levels. Transportation is beginning to deliver significant climate gains similar to power-sector decarbonisation as EVs displace fuel-burning vehicles and allow markets to leapfrog conventional combustion-driven transport development.
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