This changed course. Unsurprisingly to BEVs again.
With Labour in power until mid 2029, I’m not sure there’s time to push back the deadline. In 6 months could the industry really change from EV only plans to all cars in just 6 months?
Im not sure just how much the high speed infrastructure can improve? With cars capable of more than 150 miles and many much more likely to get 250-300 before charging is important, you’d pass a huge amount of chargers if you start anywhere in the UK and travel 250 miles. Destination charging or charging at home is the next problem to solve, specifically a solution for those in blocks of flats. There is a question about whether city dwellers should be expecting to drive or whether public transport or private hire over ownership is the way forward.
I’ve often wondered whether the manufacturing problem is the inability of the manufacturers to be encouraged to build their factories here or whether this is simply an obvious product of Brexit? When you’re dealing with multinational manufacturers who will build cars in a market if the demand within that market justifies that expense. Blocking a small UK market and putting import duties between us and the EU market really just said to every car manufacturer ’please move your production line elsewhere’.
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