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New campaign to increase electric vehicle sales

05 July 2017

by Nick Michell

The Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM) has announced a new campaign called EV 30@30 to speed up the deployment of electric vehicles and target at least 30 percent new electric vehicle sales by 2030.

The campaign will support the market for electric passenger cars, light commercial vans, buses and trucks (including battery-electric, plug-in hybrid, and fuel cell vehicle types). It will also work towards the deployment of charging infrastructure to supply sufficient power to the vehicles deployed.

“We need to see a rapid, global shift towards electric cars and other vehicles,” said Erik Solheim, Executive Director, The United Nations Environment Programme. “This is not only so we can cut carbon ...

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