Right up until 2030 when they push it back to 2045.
New cars bought in the UK must be zero emission by 2035
Submitted 10 months ago by boem@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world
https://www.theregister.com/2024/01/04/new_cars_ev_2035/
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hdnsmbt@lemmy.world 10 months ago
echodot@feddit.uk 10 months ago
2030 would be an election year as were 2035 I don’t think they’d want to push it back on an election year.
Anyway by the time 2035 rolls around a lot of cars will probably be electric already and it’ll be less of an issue.
KumaLumaJuma@feddit.uk 10 months ago
Depends on whether or not there is a snap election this year…
hdnsmbt@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Not sure I agree. Drivers are a significant voting bloc in any election. It’ll always pay off to placate them.
echodot@feddit.uk 10 months ago
Eighty percent of new cars and 70 percent of new vans sold in Great Britain must be zero emission by 2030, increasing to 100 percent by 2035
As usual the headline doesn’t give the full story.
nexusband@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Whoever thinks EVs are zero emission should be slapped with tires and brake dust.
riodoro1@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Maintaining personal transportation infrastructure aint free too.
nexusband@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Nope, same goes with public transport. Trams are actually pretty bad in terms of particular matter
1984@lemmy.today 10 months ago
Most people can’t afford to buy electric cars, so… Either they become cheaper with time (they should) or less people will be able to drive a car…
lepinkainen@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Most people can’t afford to buy new cars period.
This doesn’t stop people buying 10 year old ICEs. You can still buy a 10 year old one in 2045.
I’m pretty sure EV tech has improved enough by then to make cheap cars possible.
Rapidcreek@lemmy.world 10 months ago
The Brits have a niche position on sports car manufacturing. It will be fun to see new models of Morgan’s and TVRs.
perviouslyiner@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Not great news there yet: “There was also a provision for manufacturers of fewer than 2,500 cars a year that exempts them from the rules until 2030. The British sports car makers Aston Martin Lagonda and McLaren both argued that they would be unable to meet the targets”
theguardian.com/…/big-carmakers-lobbied-uk-to-wea…
In the government’s fancy PDF there was just one commitment to making a single type of “electric or hybrid” sports car
gian@lemmy.grys.it 10 months ago
Don’t seems to be that big problem, even Lamborghini has now hydrid models and planning a full EV one. Same for Ferrari if IIRC.
echodot@feddit.uk 10 months ago
I thought there was already a fully electric Lamborghini I’m sure I’ve seen it on TV. But perhaps that was a pre-production model or something
Sirico@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Whoops someone realised they’d likely still be in their position when 2030 comes rolling by
Centillionaire@kbin.social 10 months ago
Guess we are just gonna have to pull a Cuba and maintain them for decades.
autotldr@lemmings.world [bot] 10 months ago
This is the best summary I could come up with:
All new cars and vans bought in the UK must be zero emission by 2035, according to the latest legal mandate updated this week.
The government says this is giving consumers more time to make the switch and deal with the UK’s charging infrastructure.
While the government points to statistics indicating a 41 percent increase in zero-emission vehicles registered for the first time – note, the vast majority of newly registered vehicles still remain conventionally powered – charging infrastructure is an altogether different story.
According to research from RAC, a local roadside assistance business, the government has failed to meet its target of having six or more rapid or ultra-rapid electric vehicle chargers at every motorway service area in England.
EV owners are faced with a bewildering array of charging options, from using a UK three-pin plug through various types and speeds up to the latest and greatest from Tesla.
Finally, the government’s plans also fail to tackle that other challenge faced by EV drivers: finding a public charge point that actually works.
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themurphy@lemmy.world 10 months ago
This is being pushed back from 2030, so it’s not good news. Just a delay on the law.
Moobythegoldensock@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Climate scientists: “The climate is fucked now! We needed to intervene 20 years ago. We must take emergency intervention!”
Government/industry: “We’ll get right on that in 10-15 years.@
SoupBrick@yiffit.net 10 months ago
Thanks for the info. I guess by now we should just expect them to continually push it further.