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EU's Choice of Electrified Cars to Triple in 2 Years
Car buyers in Europe will be able to choose from 201 hybrid and all-electric models by 2021, up from 60 last year, says the European Federation for Transport and Environment.
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Car buyers in Europe will be able to choose from 201 hybrid and all-electric models by 2021, up from 60 last year, says the European Federation for Transport and Environment.
The analysis says carmakers are on track to roll out 92 fully electric and 118 plug-in hybrid cars in the next two years. If they deliver as promised, 22% of passenger vehicles made for Europe will be electrified by 2025, T&E says.
Most of those vehicles will be produced in Germany, France, Spain and Italy, the report notes. It adds that as many as 16 high-volume factories to make lithium-ion EV batteries could be in operation in Europe by 2023.
The wave of electrified models is driven by the European Union’s tougher carbon dioxide emission limits, which will tighten to 95 grams per kilometer by 2021 from 130 g/km currently. Proposed rules would lower that limit by another 15% in 2025 and 30% by 2030.
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