Electric car: how to keep its promises?

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100,000 public charging stations by the end of 2021, this is the target set by the French government.

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By: Pauline Gleize Follow

Electric cars, still in the minority on the roads, are gaining more and more market share.

In the third quarter of 2021, almost one in ten cars sold in the European Union was 100% electric

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Willy-nilly, they should take off in Europe, Brussels wishing to ban sales of gasoline and diesel vehicles from 2035. A transformation of the fleet which involves its share of technical challenges and questions: where and how reload them?

How to manage electricity needs?

Will the raw material resources be sufficient?

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