The UK must get stop selling traditional diesel and petrol cars by 2030 because electric vehicles will match them by then.
MPs (Member of Parliamenton) the climate change committee say that electric cars will have an equivalent range and price as fossil fuel models by that date.
They are calling for the date of the ban on the sale of polluting cars to be brought forward a decade from its current target of 2040.
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.
However, MPs warn that restrictions in obtaining the required natural resources for the batteries, mainly the element cobalt, means the 2030 may be missed.
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.
WHAT ARE GOVERNMENT PLANS TO ERADICATE PETROL AND DIESEL CARS?
At present, the Government’s ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars is set to come into effect by 2040.
Scotland has a different set of guidelines, indicating the switch-over and ban of petrol or diesel vehicles should happen by 2032.
The Committee on Climate Change believes the date should be brought forward to 2030 – or 2035 at the very latest.
It predicts electric cars will be roughly the same price as their traditionally powered counterparts by around 2024 to 2025.
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.’
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