Yesterday's article
Nearly all major car companies are sabotaging EV transition, and Japan is worst, study finds
"A damning new report has shown that nearly all major car companies are
actively sabotaging the world’s efforts to avoid catastrophic global
warming. The lobbying strategies being used by the world’s largest
automakers are putting global climate targets at risk and threatening
the electric vehicle transition, according to the new report released by
InfluenceMap."
"The report says Japanese automakers are the least prepared for the EV
transition and have the most active, strategic engagement against it."
"Aside from Tesla, only Mercedes and BMW have EV production forecasts
that align with the IEA’s updated 1.5°C scenario, which requires 66% of
all new car sales to be EVs by 2030."
“An analysis of climate policy advocacy in seven key regions (Australia,
EU, India, Japan, South Korea, UK and the US) finds that auto
associations are leading efforts to delay and weaken key climate rules
for light-duty vehicles.”
This one is interesting
"Growing SUV sales responsible for increased transport emissions
The shift towards larger and less efficient vehicles has led to higher
CO2 emissions, with SUVs’ oil consumption accounting for one-third of
global oil demand growth between 2021 and 2022."
Another article published yesterday
Toyota once again ranked as worst automaker on climate lobbying globally
"Toyota has the worst climate lobbying score of any automaker, and the third-worst 2030 EV production plans, according to InfluenceMap’s annual report on climate lobbying."
"This is broken down into an “organization score” (how much the
organization itself lobbies), “relationship score” (membership in trade
organizations and how positive their lobbying efforts are), “engagement
intensity” (how involved in lobbying the corporation is), and what the
manufacturer’s EV manufacturing plans total up to."
"Tesla led the list, but only received a “B” score because of its low
engagement intensity. While Tesla supports positive climate policy and
is generally a member of groups pushing positive instead of negative
climate policy, it doesn’t lobby as much as other organizations do (a
situation that may be made worse by the departure of Tesla’s policy head in April)."
"And as usual, the Japanese automakers are ranked among the lowest. The Japanese EV industry has been slow to electrify, putting an important national industry at risk. Nissan is the standout from amongst the Japanese, but it still did not receive a passing grade."
"On production plans, most automakers score poorly, with only 3 of the
15 automakers analyzed having commitments compatible with the
International Energy Agency’s target of 66% EVs by 2030. This number is
necessary to have any chance of limiting climate change to 1.5ºC.
Forecasts suggest the industry will only produce 53% EVs by 2030 at
current pace."