Wood Mackenzie: Around half of global vehicle sales in 2050 will be zero emission

Cecilia Keating
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Analyst cautions that demand for fossil fuel from automotive market will only drop by 24 per cent by 2050, despite bullish predictions for EV market

Global sales of zero emission and plug-in hybrid vehicles are set to outstrip those of internal combustion engines (ICEs) for the first time in 2047, powered largely by soaring sales of electric vehicles...

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