COP26: several countries and car manufacturers commit to accelerate the transition to vehicles with – franceinfo

A commitment at COP26 for less polluting vehicles. Several countries, cities, regions, car manufacturers, owners of vehicle fleets or shared mobility platforms announced on Wednesday November 10 that they wanted “accelerate the transition to 100% zero-emission cars and vans ” of CO2.

Signatory governments, including the United Kingdom and Canada, commit to “working to ensure that all global sales of new cars and vans are zero emission by 2040”, and “no later than 2035 in the main markets “. THE’India, Kenya, Rwanda and regions such as California and Catalonia have also signed this agreement.

For their part,s OEMs such as Ford, General Motors, Volvo or Mercedez-Benz will strive “to achieve 100% sales of new cars and zero-emission vans in major markets by 2035 or before”. Signatory fleet owners, including Uber and Ikea, pledge that “100% of their cars and vans will be zero emission vehicles by 2030, or sooner, if markets allow”.