Car companies like Volvo, Volkswagen, Ford and General Motors have been rushing out ambitious targets for going electric.
Volvo said all its cars would be fully electric from 2030 but Björn Annwall the chief financial officer of Volvo Europe, expects the market to move more quickly, even, than that.
The reason the revolution is happening now and so quickly is down to the technology.
Most importantly, the non-beating heart of the vehicle: the battery.