REN21’s Renewables in Cities Global Status Report (REC) series provides an overview of the status, trends and developments of renewable energy in cities, using the most up-to-date information and data available.

In 2020, unprecedented challenges emerged which are causing significant setbacks to the achievement of the SDGs in the transport sector. The COVID-19 pandemic is sending a shock wave through societies worldwide and is permanently changing livelihoods as. At the same time, the pandemic has pushed us to reflect on how we move people and goods, as well as what this will mean for the future of transport.

This policy paper has been developed as part of the EAFO 2.0 contract for the European Commission. It highlights the current uptake of electric passenger cars – battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) – and the rollout of the relevant public recharging infrastructure network.

This report extends the ongoing research into the evolving investor-owned utility business model and seeks to fill this void.

The novel coronavirus has forced many businesses, including those in the mobility sector, to cease or slow down operations. It has also accelerated many existing mobility trends, including those related to customer preferences and regulation.

In this report, TERI and Shell have evaluated India’s current options and limits across each of the energy sectors and sub-sectors and assessed the technology and policy options that can help the country accelerate towards the goal of net-zero emissions by 2050.

Zero emission freight trucks are needed to both improve public health and reduce global greenhouse gas emissions but at the same time are generally believed to be uneconomical. However, recent dramatic declines in battery prices and improvement in their energy density have created opportunities for battery-electric trucking today that were seldom anticipated just a few years ago.

The E-Mobility Index, now in its tenth year, provides a regular overview of the global automotive industry.

The effects of COVID-19 have been quick and substantial. The pandemic has resulted in being a major disrupter; shifting global dynamics. Manufacturing companies around the world are now focusing on developing plans to minimise the aftershocks of this disease, automotive manufacturing being one such sector.

Shenzhen is the only city in the world where all the public buses are electric. During the period from 2011 to 2017, they replaced all the diesel buses with electric buses. There are 16359 electric buses in operation in Shenzhen City. Significance of this number is to be viewed from the perspective that in 2017, there were only 956 electric buses in entire Europe and less than 500 in entire United States.