EV Adoption Helps Worldwide Transport Emissions Peak 25 Years Earlier
Recent data has revealed that global emissions from transport have peaked 25 years earlier than predicted thanks to electric vehicle adoption. Fully electric cars first hit the market more than one and a half decades ago and soon became the main alternative for countries looking to replace their carbon-emitting fleets of internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles with cleaner alternatives. Although electric vehicles still make up a minute portion of total vehicle sales, EV adoption has surged significantly over the past several years. As a result, the International Council on Clean Transportation estimates that worldwide emissions from road transportation could peak…