Patrick Moseley, Miao Wei, Mark Preston.
“Over the past 25 years, the auto industry has reduced its greenhouse gas emissions by 20 per cent from a 1990 baseline, which is less than 1 per cent a year. Over the next 35 years, the industry will have to sustain the 2 to 3 per cent annual reduction that it is now achieving. That’s a tall order.”
Patrick Moseley, president emeritus of the Advanced Lead–Acid Battery Consortium (ALABC) and one of the authors of the book “Towards Sustainable Road Transport,” explains why by 2050, most cars will have to be either electric or fuel cell vehicles.
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“Over the past 25 years, the auto industry has reduced its greenhouse gas emissions by 20 per cent from a 1990 baseline, which is less than 1 per cent a year. Over the next 35 years, the industry will have to sustain the 2 to 3 per cent annual reduction that it is now achieving. That’s a tall order.”
Miao Wei, Minister of Industry and Information Technology, announces a new plan for China to further push the installation of charging infrastructure in the country. There are currently more than 60,000 charging points in China.
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“We have to increase the building of charging facilities. And we have to urge the National Energy Administration and housing authorities to include charging facilities into urban planning.”
Mark Preston from the Amlin Aguri Formula E Team believes that Foxconn’s announcement to build EVs is just the beginning. Others will want to get on board and electric vehicles could revolutionize the automotive sector as smartphones did in the telephone market.
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“The recent announcement by Foxconn is an interesting example of the future of the world’s largest manufacturers and it could be the start of more movements by Apple, Google and others into one of the oldest markets in the world: transportation.”
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