To keep postindustrial warming below 1.5°C by the end of the century, new-car sales of low-emission vehicles will need to increase from today’s sales figures of 5 percent to almost 100 percent by 2050. That would serve to cut transportation CO2 emissions almost in half.
To read the article, see “Mobility’s net-zero transition: A look at opportunities and risks,” April 25, 2022.