Video: Global EV Drivers’ Alliance formed

New Zealand is included in 37 EV driver associations which have joined forces to create the Global EV Drivers’ Alliance (GEVA) which is calling for all light-duty vehicles to be electric by 2030.

The alliance represents the voice of EV drivers around the globe in leading the shift to clean electric transportation with the non-profit organisation collecting best practices, inspiration and information from EV driver associations.

The Better NZ Trust is proud to be among the founding members, chair Kathryn Trounson says, adding the trust has run events throughout the country for the past five years, including EV rides, drives and education.

Alliance members want every new car and light-duty truck sold in their countries to have an electric plug by the end of this decade.

A shift to electric transportation is essential to quickly reducing greenhouse gas emissions, avoiding dangerous climate change, improving local air quality and reducing respiratory diseases in cities around the world, they say.

A rapid shift to electric transportation can be achieved through supportive policies in the respective countries, GEVA says.

One of its first joint activities will be participation in the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP26, in Glasgow this November.

Associations connected with GEVA plan to organise events in their own countries around that time and to hold a rally in Scotland to promote electromobility as an important element in addressing climate change.

The global shift to EVs is increasing exponentially, with more than 3.24 million EVs sold worldwide in 2020, compared to 2.26 million in 2019, despite the COVID-19 pandemic and accompanying economic downturn.

Visit globalevalliance.com for more information.