A COP26 initiative to eliminate car emissions by 2040, has drawn little other than criticism in the UK national press and beyond, but actually the move will certainly keep up pressure on car makers everywhere to decarbonize and it likely to have a net positive effect. Headlines listed the car makers who did not sign up to the pledge rather than those who did, citing Toyota, Volkswagen and Nissan-Renault as against the plan, as well as major countries China and the USA, as well as Germany, Italy, France and Spain in Europe. But anyone who has followed the debate understands that Toyota, the largest car-maker in the world, has dragged its heels on electric vehicles for years, because it views…