Energy Transition in Automobile Industry and Rise of Carbon Emission: A Contradictory Vision Research Proposal 2022

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Energy Transition in Automobile Industry and rise of Carbon Emission: A contradictory Vision
Introduction
Energy usage and Energy consumption have remained as central challenges in the
discourse of sustainable development. Since the Brundtland Commission Report,
environmentalists and researchers have emphasized the importance of sustainable energy time
and again. Given the urgency and significance of the issue, the United Nations have recognized
the access to affordable and clean energy as a distinct sustainable development goal. It stipulates
the promotion and adoption of renewable energy sources over the traditional energy, investing in
solar, thermal, wind and other viable non-traditional sources. However, consumption of fossil
fuel has remained as a global practice all across the world. In the current timeframe, crude oil is
the largest source of fossil energy, followed by coal and natural gas respectively (Nerini et al.
2018).
Right after the industrial sector, transportation and automobile industry is the biggest
player in the fossil fuel consumption (García-Olivares, Solé and Osychenko 2018). However, in
the past 20 years, fossil fuel economy has significantly improved, following the Global Fuel
Economy Initiative. The automobile industry, especially pertaining to the developed countries, is
gradually shifting to innovative technologies to reduce fossil fuel reduction. Decrease in the
shares of diesel vehicles, switch to gasoline run and electrified automobiles and an increased
demand of lightweight vehicles have been the most significant drivers of change in this regard
(GFEI, 2017).