Trend · rank 211 of 250

Electric transport & charging networks

Cars, fleets and two-wheelers are moving to electric power, which cuts oil use, adds load to local grids and makes reliable charging networks a requirement of national transport.

Strategic InfrastructureEnergy, networks & climate resiliencemobilitypowerclean energy

Second pass: Carried forward from the first pass, where it was Electric transport. Held by all three panel models.

Sensitivity and network position

Rank
211of 250
Sensitivity
6.7rank 174
Breadth
0of 20 scenarios High or above
PageRank
21.6rank 199
Eigenvector
0.7
Betweenness
0.3
Links
9trends at Moderate similarity or above
Composite
11.7

Attention over three years

How much this trend is read about on Wikipedia and searched for on Google, week by week, set against the typical trend in the list so that what moves every trend at once is taken out. 100 is this trend's own three-year average. The score measures public attention, which is not the same as the strength of the force: a trend can deepen unnoticed, and a news event can lift attention for a fortnight.

Now
110
Over a year
+21%Rising
Over three years
−11%
Peak
15424 Dec 2023
Sources
Bothagreement 0.31
Coverage
18languages · 52 nations

Trailing 4-week average. 100 is this trend’s three-year average.

By language

Wikipedia reading in each language edition where the trend’s pages are read enough to measure (18 of 28). Share is of all the readers counted.

LanguageShareNowOver a yearThree years
English67%94−1%
German6%115+5%
Russian5%125+17%
Chinese5%114+49%
Japanese4%117+99%
Spanish3%135+35%
French3%135+24%
Vietnamese1%142+15%
Portuguese1%165+62%
Polish1%115+23%
Turkish1%153+125%
Dutch1%125+23%
Indonesian1%167+77%
Italian1%138+20%
Ukrainian0%133+45%
Persian0%87−13%
Hindi0%212+158%
Arabic0%156+70%

By country

Google search interest over the three years, as a share of each country’s searching. 100 is the nation where interest is highest. The search terms are English, which favours countries that search in English.

United Kingdom

Australia

Ireland

Ethiopia

Singapore

New Zealand

United States

Canada

Nepal

India

United Arab Emirates

South Korea

100

76

76

59

59

56

53

44

38

35

32

29

The 12 highest of 52 nations with a reading.

By region and G20 member

Attention to this trend inside each place, from Google searches made in its countries and Wikipedia reading in the languages mostly read there, averaged where both exist. Each line compares the trend with its own past in that place; the lines do not compare places.

Regions

PlaceRead fromNow90 days1 year3 yearsThree years
North AmericaGoogle in 2 countries + Wikipedia in English100+3%+6%−21%
EuropeGoogle in 9 countries + Wikipedia in German, French, Italian, Polish, Dutch138+20%+30%+41%
ChinaGoogle in 1 country77−48%−3%−21%
Indo-PacificGoogle in 11 countries + Wikipedia in Japanese, Chinese, Vietnamese, Indonesian122−4%+39%+13%
South AsiaGoogle in 4 countries + Wikipedia in Hindi167−5%+80%+121%
Gulf and Middle EastGoogle in 6 countries + Wikipedia in Persian, Arabic, Turkish120+3%+27%+40%
AfricaGoogle in 5 countries142+27%+75%+42%
Latin America and CaribbeanGoogle in 6 countries + Wikipedia in Spanish, Portuguese160+0%+97%+105%
Russia and EurasiaGoogle in 3 countries + Wikipedia in Russian, Ukrainian115+26%+58%+0%

G20 members

PlaceRead fromNow90 days1 year3 yearsThree years
ArgentinaGoogle141−19%+333%+114%
AustraliaGoogle153+35%+74%+19%
BrazilGoogle + Wikipedia in Portuguese205+26%+157%+149%
CanadaGoogle113+32%+9%−6%
ChinaGoogle77−48%−3%−21%
FranceGoogle + Wikipedia in French198+49%+96%+127%
GermanyGoogle + Wikipedia in German116+23%+5%+9%
IndiaGoogle + Wikipedia in Hindi167−3%+82%+103%
IndonesiaGoogle + Wikipedia in Indonesian149+17%+61%+79%
ItalyGoogle + Wikipedia in Italian128−4%+22%+55%
JapanGoogle + Wikipedia in Japanese109−17%+54%−17%
South KoreaGoogle89+9%+38%−31%
MexicoGoogle118−23%+36%+46%
RussiaWikipedia in Russian125+4%+17%+15%
Saudi ArabiaGoogle87−16%−9%+4%
South AfricaGoogle169+28%+113%+48%
TürkiyeGoogle + Wikipedia in Turkish160+26%+57%+104%
United KingdomGoogle93−11%−31%−15%
United StatesGoogle + Wikipedia in English99−1%+6%−23%

Relation to each scenario

A trend relates to a scenario when it changes how likely the scenario is, how hard it lands, or is itself sharply changed by it. Each score is the median of three scores given separately by the members of the model panel.

RelationScenarioFamily
3 · ModerateA regional war closes a globally important sea route S03Geopolitical and security
2 · LowCheap firm clean power becomes available at scale S15 ↗Energy, climate and resources
1 · Very lowCritical trade divides into rival blocs S01Economic and trade
1 · Very lowHybrid coercion ends in an infrastructure blackout S04Geopolitical and security
1 · Very lowA major disaster disables the national economic core S07Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedA global funding seizure reaches sovereign balance sheets S02Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA disputed transfer of power breaks effective government S05Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedTwo breadbasket failures trigger a food availability crisis S06Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedAn AI deployment step causes abrupt labour displacement S08Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedA cryptographic breakthrough invalidates digital trust S09Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedA novel respiratory pathogen exceeds health surge capacity S10Health
0 · Not relatedA creditor agreement releases fiscal capacity S11 ↗Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA cross-regional market access compact redirects investment S12 ↗Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA great-power agreement lowers economic security barriers S13 ↗Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedA verified Middle East settlement restores access S14 ↗Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedA validated farming package raises water-efficient output S16 ↗Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedAI-directed research produces a reproducible discovery step S17 ↗Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedA public service platform reaches inclusive operation S18 ↗Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedAffordable preventive treatments reduce chronic illness S19 ↗Health
0 · Not relatedA live outbreak proves rapid distributed pandemic defence S20 ↗Health

Similarity = 0.3 × shared tags (Jaccard) + 0.3 × likeness of scenario profiles (cosine) + 0.3 × likeness of names and descriptions (TF-IDF cosine) + 0.1 if in the same capability domain, cut into seven levels at 0.12, 0.22, 0.33, 0.45, 0.58, 0.72. Shown at Moderate and above.

SimilarityTrendThemeRank
4 · HighElectrification of heat & industryEnergy, networks & climate resilience70
4 · HighDistributed powerEnergy, networks & climate resilience81
4 · HighRenewable generation expansionEnergy, networks & climate resilience128
3 · ModerateFossil fuel supply & refiningEnergy, networks & climate resilience112
3 · ModerateFirm & black-start capacityEnergy, networks & climate resilience119
3 · ModerateGrid expansion & demand flexibilityEnergy, networks & climate resilience131
3 · ModerateReliable energy access gapsEnergy, networks & climate resilience197
3 · ModerateRail & mass transit expansionEnergy, networks & climate resilience224
3 · ModerateEnhanced geothermalTrade, industry & supply chains232