This table by the International Energy Agency (IEA) highlights key policies and measures that support the deployment of electric vehicles (EVs) and zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) for light-duty vehicle (LDV) and heavy-duty vehicle (HDV) models. It summarises existing measures as well as announced targets and ambitions by region and country. These take a variety of forms, such as fuel economy standards, CO2 emissions standards, deployment roadmaps, and EV sales or stock targets and ambitions. The table does not include fiscal policies such as subsidies, carbon taxes or similar policy instruments.

The policies and measures are structured in four categories:

  • Legislation: Legally binding commitments such as regulations and standards.
  • Targets: Announced government targets that are part of legislation, budgetary commitments, Nationally Determined Contributions to the Paris Climate Agreement or national climate plans such as those submitted by member states to the European Union.
  • Ambitions: Government goals or objectives as set out in a policy document such as a deployment roadmap or strategy.
  • Proposals: Government goals released in public documents or embedded into legislation designed to stimulate discussion as to their feasibility. These often bring forward deadlines for phase out of gasoline or diesel vehicles, presented from one member country to a regional government body (e.g. by member states to the European Union), or they build upon current ambitions, targets, and/or legislation.

Country/regionPolicy typeKey policy measures and targetsYearVehicle typeSource
BelgiumTargetFlanders region: target: 20% ZEV sales by 2025 and 50% BEV or FCEV sales and 20% PHEV in 2030.2020Light-duty vehiclesFlemish Government (2019)
Cabo VerdeTargetTarget: 50% share of urban bus sales to be EVs by 2025, 75% in 2030 and 100% by 2040.2019Heavy-duty vehiclesGovernment of Cabo Verde (2019)
Cabo VerdeTargetTarget: 100% EV stock by 2050.2019AllGovernment of Cabo Verde (2019)
Cabo VerdeTargetTarget: 100% government passenger and commercial LDV stock to be EVS by 2030. Target: 35% share of passenger LDV sales to be EVs by 2025, 70% by 2030 and 100% by 2035.2019Light-duty vehiclesGovernment of Cabo Verde (2019)
CanadaLegislationProvince of Quebec: Zero Emission Vehicle Standard requires automakers to acquire credits the sale of ZEV passenger LDVs. An increasing percentage of credits must be earned from ZEVs from 6% in 2020 to 16% in 2025.2019Light-duty vehiclesGovernment of Quebec (2019)
CanadaLegislationProvince of British Columbia: Zero Emission Vehicle Act requires automakers to have 10% of passenger LDV sales as ZEVs by 2025, 30% by 2030 and 100% by 2040. Province of British Columbia: Low Carbon Fuel Standard sets annual carbon intensity (CI) targets. Transport fuel suppliers generate credits for fuels below the CI target (including electricity and hydrogen). By 2030 the fuel pool supplied will have a 20% lower CI than in 2010.2019Light-duty vehiclesGovernment of British Colombia (2019)
CanadaLegislationCO2 emissions standard is aligned with the US Phase 2 standard, which reduces CO2 emissions by 5-27% in 2027 (depending on vehicle category and weight) compared to 2017.2018Heavy-duty vehiclesGovernment of Canada (2018)
CanadaProposalFinal rule on mid-term evaluation of passenger LDV CO2 emissions standard proposes a 5% increase in stringency per year from 2023. This deviates from the US SAFE regulation (1.5% per year for model years 2021-2026). Phase 2 CO2 emission standard of 432-627 g CO2/bhp-hr (tractors, vocational vehicles and spark ignition engines) and 48.3-413 g CO2/tonne-mile (all other) for various heavy commercial vehicles by 2027.2020Light-duty vehiclesGovernment of Canada (2020)
CanadaLegislationCAFE fuel economy standard: 31.6 44.2 miles per gallon (mpg) (13.44 km/L -18 km/L) in 2021 to tighten to 34.1-47.7 mpg (14.5 20.3 km/L) for passenger LDVs by 2026. CAFE CO2 emission standard of 183 264 g CO2/mile (114 165 g CO2/km) in 2021 to tighten to 168-243 g CO2/mile (104-151 g CO2/km) for passenger LDVs by 2026. Aligned with the US regulation: Safer Affordable Fuel Efficient (SAFE) Vehicles Final Rule for Model Years 2021-2026, which increases stringency by 1.5% per year from 2020.2020Light-duty vehiclesU.S. Environmental Protection Agency (2020)
CanadaTargetTarget: 10% ZEV sales in passenger LDVs by 2025, 30% by 2030 and 100% by 2040.2019Light-duty vehiclesGovernment of Canada (2019)
CanadaTargetTarget: 825 000 ZEV passenger LDV stock by 2025, 2.7 million by 2030 and 14 million by 2040.2019Light-duty vehiclesGovernment of Canada (2019)
ChileAmbitionAmbition: 100% public transport vehicle (LDV, MDV, HDV) stock to be EVs by 2040.2019AllGovernment of Chile (2019)
ChileAmbitionAmbition: 40% EV stock for passenger LDVs by 2050.2019Light-duty vehiclesGovernment of Chile (2019)
ChileLegislationApproval of Chile’s first efficiency standard for vehicle importers. Establishment of standard for LDV, MDV and HDV to be determined. EVs to be included in the standard with additional benefits for their inclusion.2020AllGovernment of Chile (2021)
ChileAmbitionAmbition: at least ten times larger EV stock across all modes by 2022 (compared to 2018).2018AllGovernment of Chile (2018)
ChinaLegislationFuel economy standard: Stage III National Standard of 10.6 41 L/100 km for new type approvals (July 2019) and all sales and registrations (July 2021) for heavy commercial vehicles (depending on vehicle class and weight). Target: reduce fuel consumption by 14% 16% compared to Stage II.2016Heavy-duty vehiclesGovernment of China (2018)
ChinaAmbitionAmbition: 70% of passenger vehicles electrified (of which 40% NEVs) in 2025 and 100% in 2035 (of which 50% NEVs and 95% of those are BEVs). Ambition: 100 000 FCEV sales of passenger LDVs by 2025 and around 1 million in the 2030-35 period.2020Light-duty vehiclesSAE China (2020)
ChinaTargetTarget: 20% share of passenger NEV sales by 2025.2020Light-duty vehiclesGovernment of China (2020)
ChinaLegislationNew Energy Vehicle (NEV) mandate that sets annual ZEV credit targets for OEMs to reach as a percentage of annual vehicle sales: 12% NEV credit for sales in passenger LDVs by 2020 (with each EV sold eligible to earn multiple credits depending on the all-electric range, battery density and vehicle efficiency). Targets are 14% in 2021, 16% in 2022 and 18% in 2023 (with gradual tightening of credits to 2023).2020Light-duty vehiclesGovernment of China (2020)
ChinaLegislationFuel economy standard tightened: 4.6 L/100 km (WLTP) or 4.0 L/100km (NEDC) by 2025 for passenger LDVs.2021Light-duty vehiclesGovernment of China (2021)
ColombiaTargetTarget: 10% urban bus sales to be ZEVs by 2025 and 100% by 2035.2019Heavy-duty vehiclesGovernment of Colombia (2019)
ColombiaAmbitionAmbition: 600 000 EV stock across all modes by 2030.2019AllGovernment of Colombia (2019)
Costa RicaTargetTarget: 30% public transport vehicle (LDV, MDV, HDV) stock to be EVs by 2035 and 85% by 2050.2020AllGovernment of Costa Rica (2020)
Costa RicaTargetTarget: 30% of passenger LDV stock to be EVs by 2035 and 95% by 2050.2020Light-duty vehiclesGovernment of Costa Rica (2020)
DenmarkProposalProposal: no sales of new diesel and petrol cars by 2030 (A joint Danish-Dutch initiative backed by 9 EU member states calls for the European Union to accelerate diesel and petrol car phase out, to 2030).2019Light-duty vehiclesGovernment of Denmark (2020)
DenmarkAmbitionAmbition: 1 million passenger LDV stock to be ZEV by 2030.2020Light-duty vehiclesGovernment of Denmark (2020)
European UnionProposalNine member states have requested the European Commission to support a date for EU-wide phase-out of the sale of new petrol and diesel passenger LDVs. (Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Greece, Ireland, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta and Netherlands.)2021Light-duty vehiclesGovernment of Denmark (2021)
European UnionAmbitionAmbition: at least 30 million passenger ZEV stock by 2030 and nearly all passenger LDV and heavy commercial vehicle stock by 2050.2020AllEuropean Commission (2020)
European UnionTargetVoluntary ZEV targets: 15% share of car sales by 2025 and 35% by 2030, and 15% share of van sales by 2025 and 30% by 2030 by vehicle manufacturers. If met, the CO2 emissions target can be relaxed for that manufacturer.2019Light-duty vehiclesEuropean Commission (2019)
European UnionTargetTarget: 13 million passenger ZEV stock by 2025 (based on CO2 emissions standard for LDVs).2019Light-duty vehiclesEuropean Green Deal (2019)
European UnionLegislationRevision of the Clean Vehicles Directive including minimum requirements for aggregate public procurement for urban buses (24-45% in 2025 and 33-65% in 2030), and for trucks (6-10% in 2025 and 7-15% in 2030) with the share varying across member states.2019Heavy-duty vehiclesEuropean Parliament (2019)
European UnionLegislationCO2 emissions standards for new heavy commercial vehicles to tighten by 15% by 2025 and by 30% by 2030 (reference period: 2019/2020).2019Heavy-duty vehiclesEuropean Union (2019)
European UnionLegislationCO2 emissions standards (in terms of g CO2/km) for cars to tighten by 15% between 2021 and 2025 and 37.5% between 2021 and 2030 and for vans by 15% between 2021 and 2025 and 31% between 2021 and 2030.2019Light-duty vehiclesEuropean Union (2019)
European UnionLegislationCO2 emissions standards for new cars: 95 g CO2/km from 2020.2019Light-duty vehiclesEuropean Union (2019)
FinlandAmbitionAmbition: 4 600 electric HDV stock by 2030.2021Heavy-duty vehiclesGovernment of Finland (2021)
FinlandAmbitionAmbition: 700 000 electric car and 45 000 electric van stock by 2030 (of which at least 50% are BEVs).2021Light-duty vehiclesGovernment of Finland (2021)
FranceAmbitionAmbition: 5 000 passenger and commercial LDV FCEV stock by 2023 and 20 000-50 000 by 2028.2018Light-duty vehiclesGovernment of France (2019)
FranceAmbitionAmbition: 200 heavy commercial FCEV stock by 2023. Ambition: 800-2 000 heavy commercial FCEV stock by 2028.2018Heavy-duty vehiclesGovernment of France (2019)
FranceProposalProposal: no sales of the most polluting vehicles (emitting more than 123 g CO2/km) by 2030.2021Light-duty vehiclesGovernment of France (2021)
FranceTargetTarget: 500 000 passenger PHEV and 660 000 passenger BEV and FCEV stock and 170 000 light commercial BEV and FCEV stock by 2023. Target: 1.8 million passenger PHEV and 3 million passenger BEV and FCEV stock and 500 000 light commercial BEV and FCEV stock by 2028.2020Light-duty vehiclesGovernment of France (2020)
GermanyAmbitionAmbition: 50% of urban buses to be electric by 2030.2020Heavy-duty vehiclesHybrid and Electric Vehicle Technology Collaboration Programme (2020)
GermanyAmbitionAmbition: all passenger LDV sales to be ZEV by 2050.2015Light-duty vehiclesZEV Alliance (2015)
GermanyAmbitionAmbition: 7-10 million passenger electric LDV stock by 2030.2019Light-duty vehiclesClimate Action Programme 2030 (2019)
GreeceTargetTarget: at least 30% share of passenger electric LDV sales by 2030.2019Light-duty vehiclesGovernment of Greece (2019)
HungaryTargetTarget: 1 290 urban bus stock by 2029. From 2022 onwards, only electric buses will be funded.2019Heavy-duty vehiclesGovernment of Hungary (2019)
IcelandTargetTarget: ban sales of passenger petrol and diesel LDVs by 2030.2018Light-duty vehiclesGovernment of Iceland (2018)
IndiaTargetDelhi target: 25% share of EVs in sales by 2024.2020AllGovernment of New Delhi (2020)
IndiaLegislationFAME Phase II 2019-22 programme to support EV target: 7 000 buses, 500 000 three-wheelers, 55 000 LDVs and 1 million two-wheelers.2019AllGovernment of India (2019)
IndiaAmbitionAmbition: 30% share of EVs in passenger LDV sales in 2030.2017Light-duty vehiclesGovernment of India (2019)
IndiaLegislationCO2 emissions standard equivalent to corporate average fuel economy of 113 gCO2/km for passenger LDVs in 2022.2015Light-duty vehiclesGovernment of India (2017)
IndiaLegislationCorporate average fuel economy standard: 4.77 L/100 km (NEDC) in 2022 for passenger LDVs.2015Light-duty vehiclesGovernment of India (2020)
IndonesiaTargetTarget: 2 million passenger EV stock and 13 million electric motorcycle stock by 2030.2020Light-duty vehiclesGovernment of Indonesia
IndonesiaAmbitionAmbition: production of 600 000 electric passenger LDVs and 2.45 million electric motorcycles by 2030.2021Light-duty vehiclesGovernment of Indonesia (2021)
IrelandTargetTarget: ban sales of diesel-only urban buses from 2019.2018Heavy-duty vehiclesGovernment of Ireland (2018)
IrelandTargetTarget: 100% share of passenger LDV sales to be EVs by 2030.2019Light-duty vehiclesGovernment of Ireland (2019)
IrelandTargetTarget: 950 000 electric passenger LDV stock by 2030.2019Light-duty vehiclesGovernment of Ireland (2019)
IsraelAmbitionAmbition: 5% share of passenger LDV sales by 2022 to be EVs, 23% by 2025 and 61% by 2028. Ambition: all passenger LDV sales to be EVs by 2030.2018Light-duty vehiclesGovernment of Israel (2018)
ItalyProposalProposal: mandatory purchase of 30% alternative fuel vehicles (ZEV and methane vehicles) by 2022, 50% by 2025 and 85% by 2030 by public bodies across all modes.2019AllGovernment of Italy (2019)
ItalyTargetTarget: 6% gross final energy consumption to come from electric cars in 2030.2019Light-duty vehiclesGovernment of Italy (2019)
ItalyTargetTarget: 6 million passenger electric LDV stock (including 4 million BEVs) by 2030.2019Light-duty vehiclesGovernment of Italy (2019)
JapanLegislationFuel economy standard: 6.52 7.63 km/L (JC08) by 2025 (depending on vehicle class and weight) for heavy commercial vehicles. Target to reduce fuel consumption by 13.4-14.3% compared to 2015 standard2019Heavy-duty vehiclesGovernment of Japan (2019)
JapanTargetTarget: 1 200 FCEV urban bus stock by 2030.2019Heavy-duty vehiclesGovernment of Japan (2019)
JapanAmbitionAmbition: 100% share of electrified vehicles in passenger LDV sales by 20352020Light-duty vehiclesGovernment of Japan (2020)
JapanTargetTarget: 20-30% shares of BEVs and PHEVs, 30-40% share of HEVs and 3% of FCEVs in passenger LDV sales by 2030.2018Light-duty vehiclesGovernment of Japan (2018)
JapanAmbitionAmbition: carbon-neutral car manufacturing including production, use and disposal of cars by 2050.2020Light-duty vehiclesGovernment of Japan (2020)
JapanLegislationFuel economy standard: 25.4 km/L for passenger LDVs by 2030, equivalent to a 32.4% improvement compared to 2016 and includes EVs. Well-to-wheel approach adopted that includes grid electricity energy consumption for EVs.2019Light-duty vehiclesGovernment of Japan (2020)
KoreaAmbitionAmbition: 40 000 FCEV urban bus stock and 30 000 FCEV truck stock by 2040.2019Heavy-duty vehiclesGovernment of Korea (2019)
KoreaAmbitionAmbition: 80 000 FCEV taxi stock by 2040.2019Light-duty vehiclesGovernment of Korea (2019)
KoreaTargetTarget: 1.13 million passenger BEV and 200 000 passenger FCEV stock by 2025.2020Light-duty vehiclesGovernment of Korea (2020)
KoreaAmbitionAmbition: produce 81 000 passenger FCEVs by 2022, 100 000 by 2025 and 6.2 million by 2040 (3.3 million for export and 2.9 million for domestic use).2019Light-duty vehiclesGovernment of Korea (2019)
MalaysiaAmbitionAmbition: 100% (electrified, CNG, LPG or biofuel-fuelled vehicle) stock for all private transport by 2030 and 40% in public transport (across all modes).2017AllGovernment of Malaysia (2017)
New ZealandTargetTarget: 100% sales of urban buses to be ZEVs by 2025 and 100% stock by 2035.2021Heavy-duty vehiclesGovernment of New Zealand (2021b)
New ZealandProposalProposal: CO2 emissions standard on imported passenger LDVs of 104 g CO2/km by 2025, equivalent to a 40% reduction in CO2 emissions by 2025 (from 2020).2021Light-duty vehiclesGovernment of New Zealand (2021)
New ZealandTargetTarget: 64 000 EV stock in passenger cars by 2021.2016Light-duty vehiclesGovernment of New Zealand (2016)
NorwayTargetTarget: 100% ZEV (or biogas) urban bus sales by 2025. Target: 75% ZEV inter-city bus sales and 50% truck sales by 2030.2016Heavy-duty vehiclesGovernment of Norway (2016)
NorwayTargetTarget: 100% ZEV sales in passenger LDVs by 2025.2016Light-duty vehiclesGovernment of Norway (2016)
PakistanAmbitionAmbition: 50% of electric urban bus sales by 2030 and 90% by 2040. Ambition: 30% of electric truck sales by 2030 and 90% by 2040.2019Heavy-duty vehiclesICCT (2020)
PakistanAmbitionAmbition: 50% of electric two/three-wheeler sales by 2030 and 90% by 2040. Ambition: 30% share of EVs in passenger LDV sales by 2030 and 90% by 2040.2019Light-duty vehiclesICCT (2020)
PolandAmbitionAmbition: 1 million electric passenger LDV stock by 2025.2016Light-duty vehiclesGovernment of Poland (2016)
PolandAmbitionAmbition: ZEV public transport across all modes by 2030 in cities of over 100 000 residents.2021AllGovernment of Poland (2021)
PortugalTargetTarget: more than 30% EV sales in passenger LDVs by 2030 and 100% by 2050.2019Light-duty vehiclesGovernment of Portugal (2019)
SingaporeTargetTarget: phase out passenger ICE vehicles by 2040.2020Light-duty vehiclesGovernment of Singapore (2020)
SloveniaTargetTarget: no new sales of passenger LDVs with CO2 emissions above 50 g CO2/km in 2030.2017Light-duty vehiclesRepublic of Slovenia (2017)
SpainProposalProposal: no sales of passenger LDVs that emit CO2 at the tailpipe by 2040.2020Light-duty vehiclesGovernment of Spain (2020)
SpainAmbitionAmbition: 150 – 200 FCEV buses on the road by 3030.2020Heavy-duty vehiclesGovernment of Spain (2020)
SpainAmbitionAmbition: 5 000-7 000 FCEV vehicles (multiple LDV and HDV categories) on the road by 2030.2020MultipleGovernment of Spain (2020)
SpainTargetTarget: 5 million electric LDVs, buses and two/three-wheelers in 2030.2020MultipleGovernment of Spain (2020)
Sri LankaTargetTarget: all passenger LDVs to be electrified vehicles by 2040.2017Light-duty vehiclesGovernment of Sri Lanka (2017)
Sri LankaTargetTarget: all state-owned vehicles to be electric by 2025 (across all modes).2017AllGovernment of Sri Lanka (2017)
SwedenProposalProposal: ban on new petrol or diesel cars sales after 2030.2019Light-duty vehiclesGovernment of Sweden (2019)
ThailandAmbitionAmbition: 30% of total vehicle production (two/three-wheelers, LDVs and urban buses) to be EVs by 2030.2020AllRoyal Thai Government (2020)
ThailandAmbitionAmbition: 1.2 million passenger EV stock by 2036.2016Light-duty vehiclesRoyal Thai Government (2016)
The NetherlandsLegislationZero emission transport zones to be introduced in 14 cities by 2025 (number expected to increase to 30 by mid-2021).2021AllGovernment of Netherlands (2021)
The NetherlandsTargetTarget: 100% of public urban bus sales to be ZEV by 2025 and 100% ZEV stock by 2030.2019Heavy-duty vehiclesGovernment of the Netherlands (2019)
The NetherlandsProposalProposal: 100% passenger LDV sales to be ZEV by 2030. (A joint Danish-Dutch initiative backed by 9 EU member states calls for the European Union to accelerate diesel and petrol car phase out, to 2030).2017Light-duty vehiclesGovernment of Netherlands (2019)
The NetherlandsTargetTarget: 50% taxi stock to be ZEV by 2025.2019Light-duty vehiclesGovernment of Netherlands (2019)
The NetherlandsTargetTarget: 3 000 heavy-duty FCEV by 2025.2019Heavy-duty vehiclesGovernment of Netherlands (2019)
The NetherlandsTargetTarget: 15 000 stock of passenger FCEVs by 2025 and 300 000 by 2030.2019Light-duty vehiclesGovernment of Netherlands (2019)
United KingdomAmbitionPhase out petrol and diesel passenger LDV sales by 2030. All sales of passenger LDVs to be BEVs or FCEVs by 2035.2020Light-duty vehiclesGovernment of the United Kingdom (2021)
United StatesLegislationState of California: Executive order requires that by 2035, all new cars and passenger trucks sold in California be ZEVs.2020Light-duty vehiclesOffice of the Governor of California (2020)
United StatesLegislationState of California: Low Carbon Fuel Standard sets annual carbon intensity (CI) targets. Transport fuel suppliers generate credits for fuels below the CI target (including electricity and hydrogen).The aim is to reduce the CI of the transportation fuel pool by at least 20% by 2030 compared to 2010.2009AllState of California (2021)
United StatesAmbitionAmbition: 30% ZEV sales for all new medium- and heavy-duty commercial vehicles by 2030 and 100% by 2050 in 15 regions/states and the District of Columbia. (California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington.)2020Heavy-duty vehiclesBipartisan Clean Trucks Agreement (2020)
United StatesLegislationState of California: Advanced Clean Trucks requires 40-75% of sales by manufacturers (varied by vehicle class and weight) to be ZEV by 2035 (increasing targets from 2024).2020Heavy-duty vehiclesCalifornia Air Resources Board (2020)
United StatesTargetState of California: Target of 1.5 million ZEV stock (LDV, MDV, HDV) by 2025 and 5 million by 2030.2016AllState of California (2018)
United StatesLegislationZEV mandate: 22% ZEV credit sales in passenger LDVs by 2025 in ten states. (California, Connecticut, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island and Vermont.)2016Light-duty vehiclesState of California (2021)
United StatesLegislationPhase 2 CO2 emission standard: 432-627 g CO2/bhp-hr (tractors, vocational vehicles and spark ignition engines) and 48.3-413 g CO2/tonne-mile (all other) for various heavy commercial vehicles, which reduces CO2 emissions by 5-27% in 2027 (depending on vehicle category and weight) compared to 2017.2016Heavy-duty vehiclesU.S. Environmental Protection Agency (2016)
United StatesLegislationRegulation: Safer Affordable Fuel Efficient (SAFE) Vehicles Final Rule for Model Years 2021-2026 increases stringency of 1.5% per year for CAFE and CO2 emissions standards.2020Light-duty vehiclesU.S. Environmental Protection Agency (2020)
United StatesTargetTarget: 3.3 million ZEVs in LDV stock in eight US states combined by 2025. (California, Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island and Vermont.)2014Light-duty vehiclesZEV Program (2014)

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