This should have been headline news. One of the world’s biggest oil companies thinks that global oil demand peaked in 2019. In the same report it highlighted the rapid rise in renewables and shift to electric vehicles.

🚗Data on 2022 European car sales is now live: infogram.com/1pd21nkxzz7vnx… In the EU, BEVs took 12% of the 2022 sales. Stalling progress in Spain 🇪🇸 and Italy 🇮🇹 mean they rank behind Portugal (x3), Romania (x2), Latvia, Lithuania, Slovenia...

Deadline approaching for an economic analyst at T&E (🦋 find us @transportenvironment.org). Come join the team: transportenvironment.org/economist/

🐟New article on the economic performance of the EU fishing fleet during the COVID-19 pandemic (open access): alr-journal.org/articles/alr/p… Results generally show that economic performance was better than expected. Thank you to the whole large data team and Jordi Guillen (JRC).

Teslas are expensive, but they're not more expensive than the average new car.

They have some of the largest fleets in the 🚗 industry... but you've probably never heard of them. Leasing companies are key players in the #EVtransition. It’s time they recognized the huge responsibility they have to the 🌏 by setting EV goals of their own.

The 🚘 leasing sector has the potential to kickstart an BEV revolution through its fleet of 12mn cars. Most new cars today are bought by these giants - not by individuals or even employers. We call on the leasing sector to commit to only buying BEVs from 2027.

Are lease companies overcharging for EVs? T&E (🦋 find us @transenv.bsky.social) studied 2.7m used cars. BEVs lose ~same value as petrol/diesel cars, it found. But lease providers are charging far more for them - making them less affordable and slowing the EV transition.

The headline may put some people off, but this piece on the animal welfare dimension of pet ownership is both thoughtful and challenging: vox.com/future-perfect… Kenny Torrella (For some reason I, like the author, feel the need to assure that I have pets and 'get it'.)

Bravo @hyper_drive 🫡

New Zealand ships its last livestock as ban takes effect reuters.com/world/asia-pac…

As battery electric vehicles (BEVs) make up a growing share of the market, what barriers remain for the broader transition to electromobility? Join us for a webinar 11 May at 2pm addressing these questions. Register now to secure your spot 👇 eventbrite.be/e/what-do-we-k…

After Montréal, Lyon follows the trend of higher parking fees based on power and size of vehicle.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak accused of breaking his word after dropping the #KeptAnimalsBill in another animal welfare U-turn from the Government. Thank you Helena Horton for covering this betrayal of animals and including HSI/UK's reaction. theguardian.com/world/2023/may…

🦖It’s time for the EU’s leasing giants to leave the fossil age behind. Not only have they not committed to fully phasing out petrol cars, 6 of the 7 were found to be misleading customers with claims of green leadership. Read our study 👉 transportenvironment.org/discover/leasi…