Sold as a commitment to ensuring Net Zero happens but cites families struggling with the cost of living crisis his own party caused. If a family is feeling the pinch and can’t afford a new car, they’ll either buy a used one or will keep the one they have for another year.
Will this encourage others to change? Absolutely not, all it does is put more power into the arguments against moving to BEVs. Which leaves us with a clear choice, either commit to battery electric as the solution to zero emissions (allowing for zero emission production of electricity) or simply scrap that policy entirely and look for another solution that will work better. Either way, that decision needs to be done quickly to get our travel and good supply chains to net zero before 2050.
Looking at the production and corporate decision making throughout the global transport industry, BEV will be the future of personal transportation right up to the point where individual ownership becomes the wrong solution.
Heat pumps, again if you can’t afford it you wouldn’t be changing your boiler unless the existing one has failed. Delaying the deadline might help those in rented accommodation or those genuinely struggling with old boilers that will need replacing soon.
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