The Rise of Consumer-Driven Plug-in Hybrids and the Challenges of Electrifying Big Pickup Trucks

The rise of electric cars is staggering. In 2016, just 700,000 electric cars were sold worldwide, this year it’ll be over 14 million. However, we are still off-track to meet climate goals. Colin McKerracher, head of Advanced Transport at BloombergNEF, joins Zero to discuss how electric cars can get on track to meet net-zero targets, why China has succeeded where others haven’t, and when we’ll finally see more electric cars on the roads than those burning fossil fuels. 

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• China Reaches Peak Gasoline in Milestone for Electric Vehicles
• Electric Vehicle Sales Top $1 Trillion in Wake-Up Call for Carmakers
• Electric Cars Are Winning Out Because of Consumers, Not Politicians 
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