Electric vehicles: Future of Earth's climate may be decided in traffic jam

Is there a point where you’ve done so much driving that you can’t take it any more? The answer may be crucial to our ability to halt climate change.
 

The electrification of road transport is continuing at a breakneck pace. In China last month, nearly a third of cars sold were new-energy vehicles. In Europe, the equivalent figure in the June quarter was 19 per cent, rising to 41 per cent if conventional hybrid cars are included. 

That’s evidence that the shift in the world’s vehicle fleet to electric drivetrains is proceeding faster than some of