UK must get rid of diesel and petrol cars by 2030 when electric vehicles are expected to be the same price and have same range, report by MPs urges
- Current targets state petrol and diesel powered cars should not be sold by 2040
- Government advisers are expected to state this should be moved forward
- It claims the technology has advanced so that by 2024-2025 electric cars will be the same price as traditional vehicles
The UK must get stop selling traditional diesel and electric cars by 2030, a decade ahead of current Government targets.
Current targets earmark 2040 but Government advisers state this is too tame and the timeline needs to be accelerated by a decade.
A document, due for publication this week, will discuss what the nation can do to minimise its impact on the climate.
The Committee on Climate Change is expected to state that the ban should be moved forward a decade to 2030.
It says this is possible as electric vehicles will be comparable in price and function to traditional cars by the mid 2020s.
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The Committee on Climate Change is expected to state that the ban should be moved forward a decade to 2030, or 2035 at the latest
The report is also expected to state that the installation of charging ports will need to be rapidly sped up in order to meet demand.
Restrictions in obtaining the required natural resources for the batteries, mainly the element cobalt, mean there may be a delay to the ban.
It is therefore expected to recommend 2035 as the latest possible date.
Issues with rolling out battery-powered cars, according to previous recommendations from the committee, focus on a lack of charging points.
Mary Creagh, chair of the environment audit committee, told the BBC: ‘Ministers are useless.
‘They seem to think the market will miraculous provide charging point and the government has no job to regulate charging points.’
Current targets in England mean internal combustion engines will still be n the road in 2050, producing large amounts of greenhouse gases.
By this point, according to government targets, the UK should be entirely carbon neutral.
Scotland has a different set of guidelines, indicating the switch-over and ban of petrol or diesel vehicles should happen by 2032.
Insurance group LV said: ‘The UK is in a fortunate position in that motor manufacturers have already matched demand with a production line stacked with electric car and plug-in hybrid models, as the clamour from consumers’ changes to cleaner motoring.’
Current targets in England mean internal combustion engines will still be n the road in 2050, producing large amounts of greenhouse gases
