Automakers Poised to Sell 400 Million More Gas-Powered Cars Than Planet Can Handle: Report

A new report by Greenpeace Germany argues that the internal combustion motor must be phased out, and vehicles must be electrified 'to make road transport compatible with the Paris agreement's goal of limiting warming to 1.5°C.'

Greenpeace, the report's author, argues that internal combustion motor must be phased out, and vehicles must be electrified"to make road transport compatible with the Paris agreement's goal of limiting warming to 1.5°C."The world's automakers are on track to sell roughly 400 million more gasoline and diesel-powered vehicles than would align with the Paris climate agreement's objective of limiting global heating to 1.

"The internal combustion engine needs to be phased out, and the vehicle fleet needs to be electrified to make road transport compatible with the Paris agreement's goal of limiting warming to 1.5°C," the publication states."However, just how fast this transition must happen, what it means for the auto industry, and whether the companies' planning delivers what is needed to comply with the 1.5°C goal remains unclear.

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