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NEW PETROL AND DIESEL CARS BANNED FROM SALE AFTER 2030 UNDER GOVERNMENT’S GREEN PLAN
New petrol and diesel cars will be banned from sale after 2030, the gov- ernment has announced. Sky News reports that the ban had been planned for 2040 but has been brought forward under Boris Johnson’s ten-point plan to tackle climate change. The plan also includes producing enough offshore wind power to power every home, developing the first town heated entirely by hydrogen by the end of the decade, and developing the next generation of small and advanced nuclear reactors. Currently fewer than one per cent of cars on UK roads are powered entirely by electricity, so the prime minister’s plan to end the sale of new petrol and diesel cars will require an enormous
investment in infrastructure for EVs. Edmund King, president of the Auto- mobile Association, told Sky News only about six per cent of local authorities have installed on-street charging facili- ties in residential areas. Without a commitment to developing the right infrastructure, the plan was “optimistic”, he said. “Everyone wants to move to EVs but you can’t just pick a date out of the air. We need better infrastructure particularly for the third of people who can’t charge at home. “We also need a better supply of cars and they need to be affordable.” The PM claims that his plan for a green industrial revolution will create and support up to 250,000 British jobs. The government says it will spend
£12bn on the plan but analysts have told Sky News only £4bn of that is new money. It includes £1.3bn to accelerate the roll-out of charge points for electric vehicles in homes, streets and on motorways across England. Some £582m will help people afford zero or ULEVs and nearly £500m is to be spent in the next four years on the development and mass production of electric vehicle batteries. Business Secretary Alok Sharma told Sky News: “This is a package which is part of turbocharging the green industrial revo- lution across our country. It is £12bn of public money which will then leverage in three times as much from the private sector and support around 250,000 jobs by 2030.”
SHEFFIELD WINS FUNDING FOR ELECTRIC HACKNEY TAXI TRIAL SCHEME
Sheffield City Council has secured funding to introduce a scheme to let local taxi drivers borrow an electric taxi on a trial basis. The scheme will give local drivers hands-on experience of the next generation of the traditional ‘Black Cab’ from summer of 2021. SheffNews reports that the fleet of up to 11 vehicles will be available initially for short-term trials of 2-4 weeks. They aim to give drivers a hands-on experience of an electric taxi, while being cleaner, greener and saving on the cost of diesel. Bob Johnson, Cabinet Member for Transport and Sustainability said: “Changing to electric, especially when
you’re driving all day is a big shift and giving local drivers a chance to ‘try before you buy’ will help to make that change easier for some. Sheffield is a hilly city and if an electric cab can cope with a run up Walkley road, they’ll cope with anything” The funding to purchase the vehicles has been secured from Department for Envi- ronment, Food and Rural Affairs, with revenue funding to deliver the scheme from Sheffield Council. The council will be seeking to procure a delivery partner for the scheme in early 2021. The trials will give drivers all the benefits of an EV without the overhead costs.
Many who had looked to upgrade their vehicles may have been set back by the impact of Covid, which has significantly impact on traditional hackney cab drivers. In keeping with Sheffield’s licensing standards, the taxis will be 100% wheelchair accessible. Taxi drivers looking to charge their vehicles will be able to do so at 27 new rapid charging points being installed across the city and coming online in early 2021, with ten points reserved solely for taxis. For updates on this scheme, electric charging network and other projects in the city, sign up to the mailing list via Sheffield City Council.
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