India is one of the fastest-growing auto markets in the world and an emerging hub for auto exports. Last October, Hyundai Motor launched a $3.3 billion IPO for its subsidiary in India, the largest in the country’s history.

However, while Hyundai and other automakers are looking to capitalize on India’s expanding auto sector, they have adopted a troubling double standard in their approach to climate change. Hyundai-Kia has targeted 100 percent electrification in Europe, the United States, and South Korea, but it lacks concrete electrification targets for India and other Global South markets. As climate disaster intensifies, Hyundai must phase out the sale of combustion engine vehicles across all markets.

Road transport is responsible for approximately 11 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions – an annual volume on par with emissions from the United States and United Kingdom combined. To comply with the Paris Climate Agreement, automakers must end the sale of combustion engine vehicles globally by 2035, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA).

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