Decarbonizing road transport by 2050: accelerating the global transition to zero-emission vehicles

There has been significant progress toward the ZEV transition over the past two years, both in terms of market growth and development of policies necessary to support the transition. But that progress has been uneven. Much of it has occurred in countries represented in the ZEV Transition Council (ZEVTC), less in emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs). This briefing summarizes the current state of the ZEV market and policies; quantifies the CO2 benefits of recent policy developments by ZEVTC governments; analyzes opportunities and barriers in EMDEs; assesses the additional mitigation potential and need under an accelerated global ZEV transition; and determines how ZEVTC governments can contribute to a global transition.The briefing concludes with several specific recommendations for how the ZEVTC and EMDEs can contribute to a truly global transition, which take into account ideas shared in a series of working-level roundtables with EMDE representatives.