Japan mandates cars to be 30% more fuel efficient by 2030

The new standards released Monday call for average fuel economy of 25.4 km per liter of gasoline across total vehicle sales for a given company, up 32% from the fiscal 2016 performance. Just 24,000 electric vehicles were sold in Japan during fiscal 2017, accounting for 0.5% of all new-auto sales, industry ministry data shows. Honda Motor plans to roll out its first mass-produced fully electric vehicle in Europe and Japan next year, and the company looks to have electrics and fuel cell autos account for 15% of its 2030 sales.

Source: asia.nikkei.com