The rise of electric cars is staggering. In 2016, just 700,000 electric cars were sold worldwide, this year it’ll be over 14 million. However, we are still off-track to meet climate goals. Colin McKerracher, head of Advanced Transport at BloombergNEF, joins Zero to discuss how electric cars can get on track to meet net-zero targets, why China has succeeded where others haven’t, and when we’ll finally see more electric cars on the roads than those burning fossil fuels. 

Read more: 
China Reaches Peak Gasoline in Milestone for Electric Vehicles
Electric Vehicle Sales Top $1 Trillion in Wake-Up Call for Carmakers
Electric Cars Are Winning Out Because of Consumers, Not Politicians
Pre-order Akshat’s new book,Climate Capitalism
Read a transcript of this episode.



Zero is a production of Bloomberg Green. Our producer is Oscar Boyd and our senior producer is Christine Driscoll. Special thanks to Kira Bindrim. Thoughts or suggestions? Email us at zeropod@bloomberg.net. For more coverage of climate change and solutions, visit bloomberg.com/green. 

The rise of electric cars is staggering. In 2016, just 700,000 electric cars were sold worldwide, this year it’ll be over 14 million. However, we are still off-track to meet climate goals. Colin McKerracher, head of Advanced Transport at BloombergNEF, joins Zero to discuss how electric cars can get on track to meet net-zero targets, why China has succeeded where others haven’t, and when we’ll finally see more electric cars on the roads than those burning fossil fuels. 
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<li aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2023-08-29/china-reaches-peak-gasoline-in-milestone-for-electric-vehicles?srnd=undefined">China Reaches Peak Gasoline in Milestone for Electric Vehicles</a></li>
<li aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-02-14/electric-vehicle-sales-top-1-trillion-in-wake-up-call-for-carmakers?srnd=undefined">Electric Vehicle Sales Top $1 Trillion in Wake-Up Call for Carmakers</a></li>
<li aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2023-09-06/electric-cars-are-winning-out-because-of-buyers-not-politicians?srnd=undefined">Electric Cars Are Winning Out Because of Consumers, Not Politicians</a> </li>
<li aria-level="1">Pre-order Akshat’s new book, <a href="https://akshatrathi.com/book">Climate Capitalism</a></li>
<li aria-level="1">Read a <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-05/-it-s-done-the-future-is-battery-powered-electric-cars">transcript</a> of this episode.</li>
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Zero is a production of Bloomberg Green. Our producer is Oscar Boyd and our senior producer is Christine Driscoll. Special thanks to Kira Bindrim. Thoughts or suggestions? Email us at zeropod@bloomberg.net. For more coverage of climate change and solutions, visit <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/green">bloomberg.com/green</a>.

Zero is about the tactics and technologies taking us to a world of zero emissions. Each week Bloomberg’s award-winning reporter Akshat Rathi talks to the people tackling climate change – a venture capitalist hunting for the best cleantech investment, scientists starting companies, politicians who have successfully created climate laws, and CEOs who have completely transformed their businesses. The road to zero emissions has many paths and everyone’s got an opinion about the best route. Listen in.

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It's done. The future is electric cars.

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