The pressing issue of climate change, which world-renowned naturalist David Attenborough called “the biggest threat to security that modern humans have ever faced,” brought world leaders to a single stage culminating in the landmark Paris Agreement. This resulted in the requirement for countries to submit climate action plans known as Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), outlining their emissions-reduction targets and the measures they would undertake to achieve them.

Pressured to reduce emissions, automakers are shifting investments to electric vehicles. But they must remove roadblocks to maintain momentum.