Europeans praise electric vehicles

Electric vehicles will play an important role in the decarbonisation of road transport in the EU, according to the European Commission’s Energy Roadmap 2050. The Roadmap does not to set any concrete recommendations, policy actions or intermediate targets.
April 25, 2012 Read time: 1 min
Electric vehicles will play an important role in the decarbonisation of road transport in the EU, according to the European Commission’s Energy Roadmap 2050. The Roadmap does not to set any concrete recommendations, policy actions or intermediate targets.

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