Future Market and Usage

Recent studies by the WBCSD (World Business Council for Sustainable Development) have been published and some very interesting findings noted [2], For instance, with a current population of motor vehicles of approximately 600 million, the WBCSD points out that the world population is urbanizing it projects 8 billion people living in urban areas by 2030 and fuel use to be 3.8 trillion L by 2030 [2], If population predictions are accurate, then as many as 1.2 billion persons will have vehicles by 2030 [3], As countries like China and India develop their middle class, we can expect 

Personal Transportation Activity by Region—Average Annual Growth Rates 

Source Sustainable Mobility Project calculation, http //www.wbcsd.org/tem-plates/Template WBCSD5/Layout.asp MenuID=l 

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