Why was Going-Electric created?

Road vehicles, especially cars, are one of the greatest benefits of our modern civilization. But they are responsible for significant adverse effects: oil dependency, greenhouse gas emissions, casualties, and urban congestion, pollution and noise. There are several means of significantly reducing these adverse effects while keeping the benefits, making road transport fully sustainable. More...

A key component of sustainable road transport is Electric Vehicles (EVs), including Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs), Extended-Range Electric Vehicles (EREVs) and later Fuel Cell Vehicles (FCVs). EVs are the best technologies in terms of energy savings, oil independency and environmental protection (greenhouse gas emissions, urban pollution and noise). More...

Therefore, EVs are undoubtedly the road vehicles of the future. It is clear that they will start dominating the light vehicle market sometimes between 2025 and 2035. More...

The sooner they will spread in Europe, the better for the European economy, environment and car industry. But EVs can only spread fast with a strong initial support from public authorities, which in Europe can only effectively happen if coordinated by EU Institutions. More...

However, European Institutions can only promote the spread of EVs if requested during stakeholder consultations. This was not happening until Going-Electric was created, with the mission of being "the voice of all EV stakeholders towards a European legislative framework enabling a European leadership in EV production and commercialisation". Read our Mission Statement...