Avoiding a road to nowhere

The push for electric vehicles and their impact on environmental pollution and slave & child labour.

Currently, global adoption of electric vehicles is estimated around 2% and is expected to reach 10% to 12.5% by 2025.

Drivers of this surge include policy support, advances in technology resulting in falling costs, and overwhelming positive responses from automakers towards electrification.

Governments around the world have adopted measures to encourage or require electric vehicle deployment.

But just how much good will electric vehicles do and are they really the sustainable product that we are led to believe?

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The author(s)

  • Rasita Kriangkrairat
    Market and Stragery Understanding, Strategy3, Thailand
  • Malee Ekviriyakit
    Market and Stragery Understanding, Strategy3, Thailand

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