Report

Hitting the EV inflection point

May 10, 2021

Can the entire EU go to 100% electric car and van sales by 2035 in order to decarbonise road transport by 2050? Can a small business as well as an average family, whether living in a city or a village, make the switch?

T&E has commissioned Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) to analyse exactly this. The answer is clear: yes – with the right policy support – Europe can. Download the full BNEF study below, as well as our briefing on the results and what they mean for EU policymakers.

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