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ZEV Rapid Response Facility: A dedicated support system for emerging markets
Last year, China, the United States, United Kingdom, and European Union led the way in the transition to zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) with almost 90% of global sales. While this indicates good progress, it also highlights how emerging markets and developing economies...![Progress Update: Cruising Towards Change](https://acceleratingtozero.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/National-gov-photo-1080x675.png)
Progress Update: Cruising Towards Change
Key Takeaways EV sales are outperforming the light-duty market globally, with growth of 27% in signatory countries to the Zero Emission Vehicles Declaration. Multiple countries, including the Netherlands, Belgium, and Finland, are witnessing substantial growth in EV...![Progress Update: Automakers accelerate toward an electric future](https://acceleratingtozero.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/shutterstock_2189902079-1080x675.png)
Progress Update: Automakers accelerate toward an electric future
Key Takeaways Six automakers led the electrification charge in 2023, representing 60% of the light-duty battery electric vehicle market. Collectively, almost 1/3 of their light-duty vehicle sales were electric. BYD, a purely electric vehicle player, leads the charge...![Nigeria and Colombia sign momentous Zero Emission Vehicles Declaration](https://acceleratingtozero.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/shutterstock_749339836-1080x675.png)
Nigeria and Colombia sign momentous Zero Emission Vehicles Declaration
(Leipzig, Germany) 22 May 2024 – Today Nigeria and Colombia announced their signatures to the Zero Emission Vehicles (ZEV) Declaration, joining 11 other emerging markets by pledging to work towards all new sales of cars and vans being zero emission by 2040. This...![Colombia signs the Zero Emission Vehicles Declaration](https://acceleratingtozero.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Colombia-1080x675.png)
Colombia signs the Zero Emission Vehicles Declaration
Colombia announced its signature to the Zero Emission Vehicles (ZEV) Declaration at the International Transport Forum’s 2024 Summit. Colombia is the third Latin American country after Chile and Uruguay to commit to work towards all new sales of cars and vans being...![Nigeria commits to a zero-emission vehicle future](https://acceleratingtozero.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Nigeria-1080x675.png)
Nigeria commits to a zero-emission vehicle future
Nigeria announced its signature to the Zero Emission Vehicles (ZEV) Declaration at the International Transport Forum’s 2024 Summit. They enthusiastically join three other African nations, Ghana, Kenya, and Rwanda, by pledging to work towards all new sales of cars and...![Canada requires all new car and light-truck sales to be zero emission by 2035](https://acceleratingtozero.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Canada-blog_2024.png)
Canada requires all new car and light-truck sales to be zero emission by 2035
As an original signatory to the Zero Emission Vehicles (ZEV) Declaration, Canada made an ambitious pledge to accelerate the adoption of ZEVs within its jurisdiction. Now, two years later, their recently released Electric Vehicle Availability Standard cements their...![Steering transportation toward sustainability](https://acceleratingtozero.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/iStock-1256374145-1-1080x675.jpg)
Steering transportation toward sustainability
As 2024 begins, the urgency to act on the climate crisis intensifies. The fifth National Climate Assessment released in early November 2023, revealed a disturbing trend of increasing billion-dollar weather and climate disasters in the United States, setting a record...![COP28 and the Road Ahead: Accelerating toward zero-emission vehicles](https://acceleratingtozero.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/MicrosoftTeams-image-19-1024x675.jpg)