Recent Google Trends analysis reveals that consumer interest in China’s electric vehicles far exceeds attention to broader environmental issues like global warming.Interest in electric vehicles is surging worldwide, but recent Google Trends data suggests it may be driven more by technological appeal than concerns about global warming.
This milestone highlights the success of China’s EV sector, which surpassed an annual production volume of 10 million units this year. According to Paul Harris, chair professor of global and environmental studies at The Education University of Hong Kong, there has been a global shift away from using the term “global warming.” For scientists, this is because warming, along with other effects of rising greenhouse gas emissions, is encompassed by the broader concept of climate change.