{"id":22240,"date":"2019-06-07T04:10:51","date_gmt":"2019-06-07T04:10:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/?p=22240"},"modified":"2019-11-06T09:47:19","modified_gmt":"2019-11-06T08:47:19","slug":"greenpeace-report-on-electric-vehicles-offers-way-to-transition-away-from-diesel-and-petrol-cars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/press-release\/22240\/greenpeace-report-on-electric-vehicles-offers-way-to-transition-away-from-diesel-and-petrol-cars\/","title":{"rendered":"Greenpeace report on electric vehicles offers way to transition away from diesel and petrol cars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Berlin, Germany <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With CO<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00b2<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> emissions from transport growing to over one quarter of the EU&#8217;s total carbon footprint<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/act.gp\/2Ijbkn6\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a Greenpeace Germany report<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> highlights the most effective measures to make way for electric vehicles (EVs) on the road as part of changing the way we travel and tackling the climate emergency<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.[1]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The report found that governments that implemented car restricting measures were the most effective in getting diesel and petrol cars off the road \u2014 but only if these requirements are set at ambitious levels. Additionally, policy that creates widespread access to charging stations can have a critical impact on the adoption of EVs. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWith our climate in serious peril, governments must stop ignoring the elephant in the room: the transport sector, which is one of the biggest emitters of <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CO<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00b2 emissions. Transport emissions have been rising steadily for years and that\u2019s why a rapid transition to shared electric mobility should be part of a sustainable energy future. If planned correctly, electric vehicles and renewable energy have the potential to go hand-in-hand,&#8221; said Barbara Stoll, a Greenpeace International Transport Campaigner.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Research conducted by the Berlin-based Ecologic Institute analysed ten existing policy measures from across the world that have had a direct impact on the increased adoption of electric vehicles. The research also noted: <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Combining a few measures and sequencing them over time is highly beneficial<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Governments that adjust financial support for EVs to reflect market developments is needed<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Financially incentivising the purchase of EVs and disincentivizing the sale of diesel and petrol cars is key to making the transition away from polluting cars. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The report was released ahead of an EU climate<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> summit on June 20th and 21st, where policy makers are expected to discuss Europe\u2019s long-term climate plan.[2] <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The report should be considered as one part of a larger roadmap for decision makers, helping to guide them through a successful transition away from petrol and diesel cars to one that promotes a radical and sustainable shift in urban mobility.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe see electric vehicles as an important step towards a fossil-free future, yet by no means should they be viewed as the end-all-be-all on the pathway towards finding sustainable mobility solutions. Policymakers must also prioritise the improvement and extension of public transport networks that run on renewable energy, improve and extend cycling and walking infrastructure, and increase infrastructure to support the safe uptake of micro-mobility solutions,\u201d said Stoll.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>ENDS<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[1] Links below to the full report and media briefing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[2] <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since 1990, transport emissions have been rising \u2014 25% higher in Europe and 74% higher globally. By far the greatest source of those transport emissions \u2014 about 70% \u2014 comes from road transport <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iea.org\/statistics\/co2emissions\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.iea.org\/statistics\/co2emissions\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>LINKS<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Original report can be found <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/act.gp\/2Ijbkn6\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HERE<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Media Brief can be found <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.de\/presse\/publikationen\/leap-electric\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HERE<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Contacts: <\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lauren Reid, International Comms Lead, Clean Air Now, Greenpeace Belgium: \u00a0+44 7367 074602, <\/span><a href=\"mailto:LReid@greenpeace.org\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LReid@greenpeace.org<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Greenpeace International Press Desk, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/press-release\/21789\/new-research-exposes-a-crisis-in-the-global-trade-of-recyclable-plastics\/pressdesk.int@greenpeace.org\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">pressdesk.int@greenpeace.org<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, phone: +31 (0) 20 718 2470 (available 24 hours)<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Follow <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/greenpeacepress\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">@greenpeacepress<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on twitter for our latest international press releases<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Governments that implemented car restricting measures were the most effective in getting diesel and petrol cars off the road \u2014 but only if these requirements are set at ambitious levels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":22243,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_planet4_optimize_post_is_variant":false,"_planet4_optimize_experiment_name":"","_planet4_optimize_variant_name":"","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"p4_og_title":"","p4_og_description":"","p4_og_image":"","p4_og_image_id":"","p4_seo_canonical_url":"","p4_campaign_name":"","p4_local_project":"","p4_basket_name":"","p4_department":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[65],"p4-page-type":[98],"class_list":["post-22240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-energy","tag-energy-revolution","p4-page-type-press-release"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22240"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22240\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22930,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22240\/revisions\/22930"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22240"},{"taxonomy":"p4-page-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/p4-page-type?post=22240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}