One of the more unusual consequences of Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine is the speeding up of the green transition. On both sides of the Atlantic, public charging stations are key potential bottlenecks for wide-spread EV adoption[2]. The European transport sector accounts for 26% of the continent’s CO 2 emissions, compared to just 10% at the beginning of the 1970s[3]. Decarbonising European transportation is thus a key pillar of the European Commission’s Green Deal[5]. And within the transportation sector, road transport represented 77% of the sector’s overall emissions in 2020[6].

Source: New York Times April 14, 2023 10:05 UTC