EP committee publishes study on battery-powered electric vehicles: market development and lifecycle emissions

The European Parliament's Transport and Tourism Committee has published a study on market development and lifecycle emissions related to battery-powered electric vehicles.

As 2018 gets under way, there are probably more than three million electric cars in circulation in the world. There are also more than six hundred million electric bikes, scooters and motorcycles. Plus a few hundred thousand electric buses and other types of quadricycles having an electric motor. The first part of this paper traces the fast evolving market of electric road vehicles.