By Blair Qualey
According to a recent Bloomberg Green analysis of zero emission vehicle adoption, 23 counties – including Canada – have now passed what’s become a critical tipping point: five per cent of new vehicles sold are powered by electricity. It’s important because it signals the start of mass adoption when technological preferences rapidly flip.
The newcomers – Canada, Australia, Spain, Thailand and Hungary – join a cohort that also includes the US, China and most of Western Europe.
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