World’s biggest carmakers to build 400m more vehicles than 1.5C climate target will allow

Toyota, Volkswagen and Hyundai/Kia on track to make far more petrol and diesel cars than is sustainable

The world's biggest carmakers plan to build about 400m more diesel and petrol cars than what is sustainable to contain global heating, a study has found.

Researchers from the University of Technology Sydney (UTS), the University of Applied Sciences of the Industry in Bergisch Gladbach and Greenpeace Germany compared the rate at which the world needed to embrace zero-emissions vehicles with the rate at which major car companies were planning to produce various models.