Roughly two-thirds of drivers have refused to go electric despite Labour’s push for more electric vehicles on UK roads, according to a new survey.
A survey of 1,000 drivers found that 66 per cent are not considering buying an electric vehicle, up from 56 per cent in June 2024.
The findings come as ministers continue encouraging drivers to make the switch ahead of the planned 2030 ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars as part of the Zero Emission Vehicle mandate.
A smart political party would campaign on repealing that.
Return of the donkey.
At the rate the price of vehicles in increasing, by 2030 the average working-class person won’t be able to afford a new vehicle of any type. At that point, the population gradually migrates to mass transit and bicycles.
Say everyone transitions to EVs. What happens to all the revenue generated from gas taxes? Did I just answer my own question?
Governments will impose a mileage tax to make up for that revenue loss.
A smart political party would campaign on repealing that.
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Yeah, they would. There is A LOT of passion behind this issue. It ties into London putting up cameras througout certain city neighborhoods to track and penalize drivers of IC Engines…and the resulting masked “avengers” cutting down the cameras almost as soon as they put them up. The count is now up over 1,000 camera units removed by unknown parties.
https://www.gbnews.com/lifestyle/cars/southampton-hybrid-car-fire-vehicle-storage-explosions
“Multiple crews from Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service at around 4.20am on Wednesday, June 3, to a fire at a vehicle storage compound in Southampton.
Around 33 hybrid vehicles are believed to have been involved, with firefighters using jets, an aerial ladder platform and ground monitors to tackle the blaze.”
“Reports suggest that the cars involved belonged to a Chinese car brand, with a retail price of around £27,000.”
Mandating EVs while doing nothing about the grid (except intermittent renewables) to power them. Winning.
Democracy Now! The government MUST FORCE 2/3 of all drivers to think right, or not drive at all.
England is as silly a place as Camelot.