20 June 2017
by Nick Michell
The number of electric cars on the roads around the world rose to 2 million in 2016, following a year of strong growth in 2015, according to the latest edition of the International Energy Agency's Global EV Outlook.
The report highlights that cities are taking leadership roles in encouraging electric vehicle (EV) adoption, often because of concerns about air quality, and that major urban centres usually achieve higher EV market shares compared to national averages. A third of global EV sales took place in 14 cities in 2015.
“Cities have a unique role to play in supporting the deployment of charging infrastructure in a way that best adapts to the characteristics of the urban mobility and ge...
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