Auto manufacturers and policy makers discuss next phase of electric vehicle deployment

IEA facilitates public-private discussions on ways to increase adoption of electric cars worldwide

Representatives from major auto makers and IEA member countries met in Stuttgart on 19 October for informal discussions on ways to increase the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) around the world.

Organised by the Clean Energy Ministerial’s Electric Vehicle Initiative (EVI), which is chaired by the IEA, the public-private roundtable followed an earlier discussion on electric vehicles between government and industry stakeholders at the 3rd Clean Energy Ministerial last April in London.

See full Press Release: http://www.iea.org/newsroomandevents/news/2012/october/name,32775,en.html