{"id":13344,"date":"2021-11-12T00:01:07","date_gmt":"2021-11-12T05:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/auto\/?p=13344"},"modified":"2021-11-12T00:01:07","modified_gmt":"2021-11-12T05:01:07","slug":"toyota-zero-emissions-climate-pledge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=13344","title":{"rendered":"Toyota skips zero-emissions pledge, says world’s not ready"},"content":{"rendered":"

TOKYO \u2014 Large parts of the world are not ready for zero-emission vehicles, which is why Toyota Motor Corp<\/a> did not sign a pledge this week to phase out fossil-fuel cars by 2040, the world’s largest automaker said on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Six major carmakers, including General Motors<\/a>, Ford<\/a>, Sweden’s Volvo<\/a> Cars and Daimler AG’s<\/a> Mercedes-Benz, signed the Glasgow Declaration on Zero Emission Cars and Vans, as did a number of countries including India.<\/p>\n

But Toyota<\/a> and No. 2<\/a> global automaker Volkswagen<\/a> AG, as well as crucial car markets the United States, China<\/a> and Germany, did not.<\/p>\n

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.”<\/p>\n

“However, in many areas of the world such as Asia, Africa, Middle East … an environment suitable for promoting full zero emission<\/a> 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.”<\/p>\n

According to a study published by the Munich Mobility Show in April, there are huge global disparities in electric vehicle<\/a> ownership.<\/p>\n

Sales are soaring in the European Union, China and the United States.<\/p>\n

But cumulative electric car<\/a> registrations through 2020 in South America, with a population of more than 420 million, were below 18,000.<\/p>\n

And registrations in Africa, home to 1.2 billion people, were exclusively in South Africa and totaled just 1,509 cars through 2020.<\/p>\n

Volkswagen also said the tempo of electric vehicle adoption would “vary from region to region” and Chief Executive Herbert Diess dismissed the zero-emission pledge at a conference on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

“It could still make sense to use synthetic fuel cars in Latin America in 2035,” Diess said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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