UK’s shift on car sales rules may lead to higher emissions, says statutory adviser | Electric, hybrid and low-emission cars
The weakening of the British car sales bases in April can lead to fewer electric cars on British roads and high carbon emissions, according to the official climate consultant.
the Climate Change Committee (CCC) said the flexibility announced by Keir Starmer last month to delegate the zero emissions vehicle (ZEV) to the sale of the Servering vehicle (ZEV) that can lead to the sale of more hybrid component “at the expense of some EV sales, which will lead to an additional decrease in the provision of emissions.”
The UK brought the ZEV mandate to force car makers to sell more electric cars every year, or facing the possibility of very slope fines. However, the “Labor Party government” inserted the “flexibility” in the bases after the auto industry was greatly pressured He argues that they were not economically unjust.
Experts have previously highlighted the clear defects in government analysis. Tell the guardian that they believe that flexibility will lead to high sales of hybrid electric cars (PHEVS), which emit much more than electric cars because it combines the internal combustion engine contaminated with smaller batteries.
T & E, a group of campaign about transportation and environmental issues, said the changes will mean much Additional 500,000 PHEVS UK roads by 2030.
Heidi Alexander, Minister of Transport, claimed that the ZEV mandate will have a “A little change in carbon emissions”. However, CCC highlighted that the transport analysis department assumes that auto manufacturers will not use a larger bro to sell more PHEVS – an assumption that experts believe are incorrect. Clear her analysis in letter On Wednesday from Pierce Forster, CCC’s temporary president, to Lillian Greenwood, Minister of Transport.
“The CCC ruling is clear: the ministers interfere with the rules of electric cars risking the creation of harmful uncertainty. It will be drivers who take the tab, and wait for a longer period to take advantage of EV’s savings, while the net defeat is zero vibrating from both sides,” said Ben Nilses, CEO of Thinktank New Automotive.
Some people in the electric car industry said they are disappointed that CCC did not call on the government to reconsider the proposed political changes, given the possibility that it will lead to high emissions.
“The CCC letter reveals a decisive weakness in the delegation of the revised zero emissions vehicle, which puts its climatic goals at risk and increasing the costs of drivers,” said Tim Dixter, Tim Dixter, TEM & E.
“The increase in vehicle emissions may be large,” said Colin Walker, head of the transportation department in the energy group in the field of energy and climate.
However, CCC said that government changes were “practical” and “secondary” in relation to the direction of increasing EV sales, to some anger in this industry.
CCC also criticized the government for its failure to prohibit gasoline and diesel sales by 2030, and instead chose in 2035.
A spokesman for the Ministry of Transport said: “Our recent changes achieve a practical balance-which gives manufacturers flexibility to sell hybrids in hybrid components until 2035, while adhering to our commitment to gradually getting rid of new gasoline and diesel cars in 2030.” She added that the changes “will have little effect on emissions” and will protect jobs.
