Source: Worldwatch Institute.

Current and Potential Car Fleet in India and China

As of 2004, the global vehicle fleet was estimated to be around 603 million. For China and India to have a level of motorization similar to the average of industrialized countries would involve a potential fleet of 640 and 513 million vehicles respectively. Considering the current level of technological development this level of motorization is a energetic and a land consumption impossibility.

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