UK is now entering in the premier league of countries which are fighting against petrol and diesel engines, since sales of electric cars have risen 11% last year. UK is very far from nations like Norway and China, but it’s on the right road to turn off polluting engines.
Indeed, Norway is the leading country on ecofriendly solutions. Studies show that in the first three months of 2018 the 48% of vehicles registered were electric. Norway can highly rely on hydropower resources. China registers great numbers too: in the first part of 2018 there was a 154% rise in selling electric vehicles on the previous year.
According to Stefan Bratzel, the member of the Centre of Automotive Management who made this calculation, China and Norway are the greatest countries in sustainable mobility. China in particular has an industrial policy that is highly developing electric cars. «In Norway, – Bratzel claims – where now almost half of new vehicle registrations are e-vehicles, it becomes clear how quickly a change in drive technologies can take place. Generally, e-mobility is also gaining momentum».
2018 is a good year for UK too. Indeed 71% of the vehicles sold are plug-in hybrid cars, while the increase of electric engines moves from 1.5% in 2017 to 2% this year. Germany is following the same road: the share of electric vehicles rises from 1.2% to 2%. On the other hand, diesel engine’s market is falling: -25.4% in selling diesel vehicles is registered this year.
According to CAM the whole world is now entering in the e-cars market: sustainable vehicles are expected to increase by 2020, when it will be about 6% of the market. The hope of Bratzel is that 40% of cars sold in the world will be electric by 2030.
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