LeasePlan CEO: Germany’s clean mobility commission should harness the EV future

LeasePlan CEO Tex Gunning urges Germany to embrace electric vehicles (EVs) as a critical tool for reducing transport emissions and driving economic growth. He highlights that while the global automotive industry and countries like China, the UK, and Norway are accelerating their shift to EVs, Germany's transport sector has seen no GHG emission reductions since 1990. Gunning calls on the German clean mobility commission to provide the policy clarity needed for businesses to invest in a zero-carbon transport future.

• The transport sector is a significant driver of climate change, accounting for 23% of global energy-related CO2 emissions, and is the only sector in Germany that has failed to achieve GHG emission reductions since 1990.
• Major automotive manufacturers are shifting toward electrification, exemplified by Volkswagen's goal to launch 70 fully electric models by 2028 and the German Automotive Industry's plan to invest nearly €60 billion in EVs and driverless technologies over three years.
• The European Union is lagging behind the United States in EV adoption; in 2018, EVs reached a 2% market share in the EU compared to 4% in the US.
• Several nations have implemented aggressive EV policies: the UK, France, and Norway have committed to phasing out gas and diesel light passenger vehicles, while China has set EV sales quotas starting at 10% for 2019.

APA

Gunning, T., & Topping, N. (2019). LeasePlan CEO: Germany’s clean mobility commission should harness the EV future. We Mean Business Coalition. https://www.wemeanbusinesscoalition.org/blog/leaseplan-ceo-germanys-clean-mobility-commission-should-harness-the-ev-future/

Chicago

Gunning, Tex, and Nigel Topping. LeasePlan CEO: Germany’s clean mobility commission should harness the EV future. We Mean Business Coalition, 2019. https://www.wemeanbusinesscoalition.org/blog/leaseplan-ceo-germanys-clean-mobility-commission-should-harness-the-ev-future/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{gunning2019leaseplan, author = {Gunning, Tex and Topping, Nigel}, title = {{LeasePlan CEO: Germany’s clean mobility commission should harness the EV future}}, publisher = {We Mean Business Coalition}, year = {2019}, month = mar, url = {https://www.wemeanbusinesscoalition.org/blog/leaseplan-ceo-germanys-clean-mobility-commission-should-harness-the-ev-future/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }