As countries race towards carbon neutrality, e-mobility is taking center stage - not just on our roads, but in global trade debates too.
The Swedish city of Gothenburg is hosting one of the world's most influential e-mobility summits this year, showcasing the very latest tech. Our correspondent Li Jianhua reports.
00:00The first impression of Gothenburg, the second largest city of Sweden, is its advancement in e-mobility.
00:07Electric scooters, buses, trams, even electric ferries blending into everyone's daily life.
00:15This is one of the reasons why EVS 38, one of the world's most influential events on electric mobility, is taking place here.
00:23From the latest EV models and battery technologies to autonomous transport and charging infrastructure,
00:30this exhibition showcases cutting-edge technologies, and besides me, is an electric truck by Volvo, owned by China's Geely.
00:38It's a global platform for manufacturers, innovators and policymakers to exchange ideas and gauge the pulse of the fast-evolving e-mobility sector.
00:48Earlier I spoke to Patrick Anderson, CEO of Business Region Gothenburg, the man behind the city's international investment drive.
00:56No, the geopolitical situation is, of course, that we can see that every one of us, and you see a new regionalisation compared to globalisation.
01:07So I think we will have more collaboration within the Europe and within the EU, and then, of course, we need friends from other places.
01:17But I think we will see more regionalisation, more collaboration within the European borders, for instance.
01:24The event takes place against the backdrop of rising trade tensions.
01:27U.S. President Donald Trump has rolled out sweeping tariffs on car imports, and the EU slammed additional tariffs on Chinese-made EVs.
01:35Regardless of the trade tensions, global investment in electric vehicles is surging, is estimated by the International Energy Agency that EVs are expected to represent over half of all passenger car sales by 2035.
01:51While politics may draw new lines, the technology on display here in Gothenburg points to a shared goal, a drainer and smarter future on wheels.
