Book contents
- Five Times Faster
- Reviews
- Five Times Faster
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Figures
- 1 Introduction
- Part I Science
- Part II Economics
- Part III Diplomacy
- 18 A Foreseeable Failure
- 19 The Greatest Public Relations Gamble in History
- 20 System Change, Not Climate Change
- 21 Better Late Than Never
- 22 From Coal to Clean Power
- 23 From Oil to Electric Vehicles
- 24 From Deforestation to Sustainable Development
- 25 The Breakthrough Agenda
- 26 Tipping Cascades
- 27 Epilogue
- Acknowledgements
- Notes
- Select Bibliography
- Index
23 - From Oil to Electric Vehicles
from Part III - Diplomacy
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 March 2023
Book contents
- Five Times Faster
- Reviews
- Five Times Faster
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Figures
- 1 Introduction
- Part I Science
- Part II Economics
- Part III Diplomacy
- 18 A Foreseeable Failure
- 19 The Greatest Public Relations Gamble in History
- 20 System Change, Not Climate Change
- 21 Better Late Than Never
- 22 From Coal to Clean Power
- 23 From Oil to Electric Vehicles
- 24 From Deforestation to Sustainable Development
- 25 The Breakthrough Agenda
- 26 Tipping Cascades
- 27 Epilogue
- Acknowledgements
- Notes
- Select Bibliography
- Index
Summary
A handful of governments can rewrite the rules for the global car industry, doubling the pace of the transition to zero-emission vehicles and radically cutting the costs. The COP26 campaign woke some countries up to this opportunity, while some of the world’s largest carmakers continued to fight back.
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- Five Times FasterRethinking the Science, Economics, and Diplomacy of Climate Change, pp. 248 - 260Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023