The Global Fuel Economy Initiative

• What is the Global Fuel Economy Initiative?
• What is the 50by50 campaign?
• What is the objective of your campaign?
• What does the campaign seek to do?
• What does 50by50 mean in my country?
• What do you hope to achieve? 

Technical issues

• 50% of what? Do you mean emissions will be cut 50% from today’s level?
• If vehicle sales are projected to triple by 2050, how come cutting fuel use per kilometre by half doesn’t result in a 1.5 times increase in fuel use?
• What are the existing technologies to which you refer?
• What is the role of plug-in hybrid and electric cars in all of this?
• What exactly do you mean by ‘improvements’ to the internal combustion engine, to after market products and tyres?
• Have we all been backing the wrong horse in devoting so much attention and effort to new vehicle technologies, is it effort that should be spent elsewhere?

Level of ambition

• Isn’t 2050 rather a long way away?
• How will you know if you are on track?
• You are not making any suggestions here which might actually slow the growth of the global car fleet – which seems very important - why not?
• By saying that all of this can be done using existing technologies aren’t you dis-incentivising further innovation?
• Why are you working together on this?

The role of industry

• What do car manufacturers think of this?
• How much will meeting these targets cost the industry?
• Can’t the industry just ignore this initiative – what will be in place to force them to meet these targets?
• By saying hydrogen fuel cell vehicles ‘aren’t necessary’ won’t this report provide an ideal excuse for industry not to invest in r&d on such new technologies, does it not give them permission to do little or nothing on this?

Wider issues

• Do you think Transport will be a big issue in Copenhagen?
• What will it take to make this happen – is it a job for politicians?
• Won’t the current economic crisis make this much harder?
• What is your position on fuel taxes – do you support them or not?