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Toyota says large parts of the world are not ready for zero-emission cars and therefore didn’t sign the pledge to phase out fossil-fuel cars by 2040.
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Six major carmakers, including General Motors, Ford, Sweden’s Volvo Cars and Daimler AG’s Mercedes-Benz, signed the Glasgow Declaration on Zero Emission Cars and Vans, as did a number of countries including India.
But Toyota and No. 2 global automaker Volkswagen AG , as well as crucial car markets the US, China and Germany did not.
A spokesperson for Toyota told Reuters that where the energy and charging infrastructure, economics and customer readiness exist, “we are ready to accelerate and help support with appropriate zero-emission vehicles”.
“However, in many areas of the world such as Asia, Africa, Middle East … an environment suitable for promoting full zero emission transport has not yet been established,” the spokesperson said. “We think it will take more time to make progress …; thus, it is difficult for us to commit to the joint statement at this stage.”
According to a study published by the Munich Mobility Show in April, there are huge global disparities in electric vehicle ownership.
Sales are soaring in the EU, China and the US.
But cumulative electric car registrations through 2020 in South America, with a population of more than 420-million, were below 18,000.
And registrations in Africa, home to 1.2-billion people, were exclusively in SA and totalled just 1,509 cars through 2020.
Volkswagen also said the tempo of electric vehicle adoption would “vary from region to region” and CEO Herbert Diess dismissed the zero-emission pledge at a conference on Wednesday.
“It could still make sense to use synthetic fuel cars in Latin America in 2035,” Diess said.
Picture: Registrations of EVs (such as the Mini SE pictured) in Africa, home to 1.2 billion people, were exclusively in SA and totalled just 1,509 cars through 2020.
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