Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) has signed a
cooperative Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) regarding the
popularization of electric vehicles (EV) with the Clinton Climate
Initiative (CCI), a program of the William J. Clinton Foundation. The
move signifies MMC's commitment to "Leading the EV era, towards a
sustainable future" as laid out in its "Mitsubishi Group Environmental
Vision 2020," MMC's environmental policy, part of which is to
proactively collaborate with various partners in creating a pleasing
and low-carbon society.
The move is also part of the C40 Electric Vehicle Network, announced on
December 16 at the Climate Summit for Mayors in Copenhagen. The C40 is
a group of cities that are committed to reducing greenhouse gas
emissions, of which CCI is the implementation partner. The Clinton
Climate Initiative works with C40 partner cities
*1
to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through projects such as energy
efficiency building retrofits, waste management and transportation.
Through the newly formed C40 Electric Vehicle Network, some of the
world's largest cities have committed to take steps over the next year
to collectively address the key areas of municipal action critical to
successful introduction of electric vehicles. MMC has agreed to work
together with the Clinton Climate Initiative and the C40 Electric
Vehicle Network to help develop cities' electric vehicle policies,
vehicle procurement and infrastructure decisions through advice on
vehicle specifications, charging parameters and incentives.
MMC is committed to making progress toward its stated goal of having
20% of total production as either electric or plug-in hybrid electric
vehicles by 2020. It also introduced the new-generation MMC electric
vehicle, the
i-MiEV,
in Japan this summer and has already delivered more than 800 of these
innovative vehicles to date with plans to roll out the vehicle globally.
Major points of the MoU for cooperation between the Clinton Foundation and MMC:
- Exchange information regarding EVs
- Promote development of demand for EVs in C40 cities
- Promote the expansion of EV charging infrastructure in C40 cities
- Gather and share data on EV usage in C40 cities
*1 C40 is a
group of the world's largest cities committed to tackling climate
change. It includes Addis Ababa, Athens, Bangkok, Beijing, Berlin,
Bogota, Buenos Aires, Cairo, Caracas, Chicago, Delhi, Dhaka, Hanoi,
Hong Kong, Houston, Istanbul, Jakarta, Johannesburg, Karachi, Lagos,
Lima, London, Los Angeles, Madrid, Melbourne, Mexico City, Moscow,
Mumbai, New York, Paris, Philadelphia, Rio de Janeiro, Rome, Sao Paulo,
Seoul, Shanghai, Sydney, Toronto, Tokyo, and Warsaw.
About the Clinton Climate Initiative:
The
William J. Clinton Foundation launched the Clinton Climate Initiative
(CCI) to create and advance solutions to the core issues driving
climate change. Working with governments and businesses around the
world to tailor local solutions that are economically and
environmentally sustainable, CCI focuses on three strategic program
areas: increasing energy efficiency in cities, catalyzing the
large-scale supply of clean energy, and working to measure and value
the carbon absorbed by forests. In each of these programs, CCI uses a
holistic approach to address the major sources of greenhouse gas
emissions and the people, policies, and practices that impact them. CCI
is the delivery partner of the C40, an association of large cities
around the world that have pledged to accelerate their efforts to
reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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