How can technology on the automotive industry save the future?

Transport is Europe is a biggest source of CO2, being responsible for the emission of over a quarter of all greenhouse gases. Unless transport emissions are brought under control national 2030 climate goals will be missed. To meet the 2050 Paris climate commitments cars and vans must be entirely decarbonized. This requires ending sales of cars with an internal combustion engine by 2035. Big challenges and huge efforts between all stakeholders are needed. Governments are, almost universally, unwilling to constrain demand for mobility and, in particular, car use and ownership. The future demands paradigm changes and better education for sustainable development. The present work aims to present a study on the currently used main vehicle motorization technologies, namely, the vehicles with internal combustion engines (ICE), electric motors (EM), electric-hybrid vehicles (EHV) and vehicles fuel cells (VFC), regardless of the technology diffusion. The main objective of this study is to point out the best model to help reduce the amount of pollutant gas emission as well as contribute to public policy decision making. After a literature review, a Sustainability Index was applied to select a set of sixteen models of different brands and categories. The used management tool is the Hierarchy Process (AHP). After discussion of results, conclusions are presented. (C) 2020 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.