A clean, renewable friendship

          some partnerships have the potential to build a better, cleaner, more sustainable world. It’s been my privilege this week to cement one such example, the Britain-India collaboration on mobility. India and Britain are natural partners when it comes to the future of mobility, and the future of technology. Both countries have set ambitious targets for new vehicles to be zero emission. Britain has demonstrated that clean growth is possible, cutting emissions by more than 40% while growing its economy by more than two-thirds. In 2017, Britain was the second-largest market for ultra-low emission vehicles (ULEVs) in the EU. It continues to be a global leader in their development and manufacture. One in every eight battery electric cars sold in Europe in 2017 was made in Britain. By 2040, Britain will end the sale of new conventional vehicles completely. It has set up a public fund to accelerate the roll-out of charging infrastructure and are investing over £300 million (about Rs 2,800 crore) in research into ultra-low emission technologies.