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World Leaders Speak
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"We can break our dependence on oil… and become the first country to have one million electric vehicles on the road by 2015",
US President Barack Obama
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"We would work together to raise awareness about the vehicles (electric vehicles) and try to make them easier to fuel",
Prime Minister of Portugal, Jose Socrates
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"We set a goal of 1 million electric cars on German roads by 2020",
German Chancellor Angela Merkel
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"The country will have 1,000 electric cars on the streets by the end of 2012The country will have 1,000 electric cars on the streets by the end of 2012",
Estonia Prime Minister, Andrus Ansip
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"A ministerial body will be set up under Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to jumpstart the electric and hybrid car market in the country" read more",
Indian Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh
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"Our greatest stumbling block is getting the EVs actually on the road here and on the world market",
Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, President of Iceland
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"We will earmark more than 400 million euros ($550 million) of state funds over the next four years",
President Nicolas Sarkozy, France
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"The battery investment makes the Sunderland plant a contender for manufacture of the group's new "greener" electric vehicles",
UK Former Prime Minister, Gordon Brown
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"Romania is preparing for the adoption of electric cars",
Emil Boc, Prime Minister of Romania
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"Once this technology (electrical vehicles) is used on a massive scale, we will have taken a giant step forward in protecting our environment",
Sebastián Piñera, President of Chile
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"We want to put into place with the European Commission a plan for the development of electric cars",
PM Jose Luis Zapatero, Spain
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"We can't meet our Kyoto protocols and every electric vehicle that's on the road, you offset six tonnes of CO2 emissions, per vehicle",
Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada
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"This is a very innovative project. The future will show whether and when electric cars will be in mass use",
Estonian Economy Minister, Juhan Parts
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"Pledged to cut emissions 25 percent by 2020 from 1990 levels",
Japan’s Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama
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"Nissan is to receive a £20 million grant towards building electric cars at its car plant in Sunderland",
PM David Cameron, United Kingdom
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"Norwegian Finance Minister supports an outright ban on the sale of new petroleum powered vehicles",
Norway: Finance Minister, Kristin Halvorsen
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"Fully 40% of emissions come from the transport sector and 60% of that comes from road transport.",
Norway Transport Minister, Magnhild Meltveit
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"This agreement can be an example of how the entire European market can eventually work",
Sweden Energy Minister, Maud Olofsson
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"By 2020 Scotland will obtain 30% of its overall energy demand and 100% of its electricity demand from renewable energy sources",
Scotland Energy Minister, Fergus Ewing
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"The Government’s plans will save 10% on fuel costs from driving electric",
Ireland Minister for Energy, Eamon Ryan
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"I view the deployment of electric vehicles as a national goal of the highest importance",
Israel Prime Minister, Binyamin Netanyahu
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"Spain intends to put one million electric cars on the road by 2014",
Spain Minister of Industry, Miguel Sebastián
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"Turkey produces batteries for electric cars and exports them to various countries",
Turkey: Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan
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"The government has a 2012 target for mass production of hybrid electric vehicles",
Malaysia Prime Minister, Mahathir Mohamad
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"If the estimate materializes, EVs will account for 5-10% of domestic car purchases by 2020",
China Prime Minister, Wen Jiabao
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"Hungary should develop long-term cooperation and alliances with the world's big electric vehicle technology companies, including multinational corporations",
Hungarian Prime Minister, Viktor Orban
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"No other country matches Sweden and Norway’s commitment to renewable energy",
Norwegian Energy Minister Ola Borten Moe
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"The government will reduce the nation’s dependence on petrol by increasing the use of wind power fivefold to 500 MW by 2020",
Lithuania Energy Minister, Arvydas Sekmokas
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"Conditions for EV businesses in Denmark are excellent",
Denmark Prime Minister, Lars Løkke Rasmussen
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