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Electric car: how to keep its promises?

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

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Electric cars, still a minority on the roads, are eating up more and more market share.

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

Willy-nilly, they should take off in Europe, Brussels wishing to prohibit the sale of vehicles with gasoline and diesel engines from 2035. A transformation of the fleet which brings its share of technical challenges and questions: where and how? recharge them?

How to manage electricity needs?

Will raw material resources be sufficient?

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"Electric car: how to keep its promises?"

Great report by Pauline Gleize.

(Rebroadcast from November 8, 2021)

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Is the electric car green?

Many criteria come into play.

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The carbon footprint of an electric vehicle depends, among other things, on the energy mix of the network that recharges them

What share will renewable energies take?

President of the (French) Syndicate of Renewable Energies:

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JEAN-LOUIS BAL FOR THE INTERNET

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