EU MEMBER STATES RESPOND TO BRUSSELS’ DEMAND FOR ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORT SERVICE NETWORKS

EUROPEAN Union (EU) member states are now developing national policies that the EU has required to ensure that they have an adequate number of alternative transport re-charging and re-fuelling stations by 2020. This is deemed necessary to boost demand for vehicles running on alternative fuels in Europe.The number of electrical (battery and plug-in) and hybrid vehicles in Europe, remains low for most countries: according to European Vehicle Market Statistics from the International Council for Clean Transportation for 2014, 12.8% of vehicles in Norway comprise ...


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