Transport will play a critical role in delivering the CO2 emissions cuts needed to meet global political cli- mate change targets. The world’s car fleet is expected to triple by 2050, with 80% of the growth in rapidly developing economies. At the same time the car manufacturing industry is facing huge difficulties in the economic recession. We have to find ways to reconcile legitimate aspirations for mobility, an ambitious reduction in CO2 from cars worldwide, and global economic recovery. There are opportunities to combine support for the industry with measures to achieve governments environmental and energy policy goals
