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Auto Sales 'Overshoot' Will Make It Impossible to Prevent the Worst Effects of Climate Change
10 Nov 2022 | Abstracted from The Verge
"...major automakers are on track to sell 400 million more diesel and petrol vehicles than is feasible to stave off the worst effects of climate change.
"...in order to prevent global temperatures from rising above the 1.5 degrees Celsius threshold, no more than 315 million new diesel and petrol vehicles can be sold worldwide.
"Toyota, Volkswagen and other leading automakers are on a collision course with the climate."
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