'COVID-19 clouds the short-term outlook, but it could be an opportunity for the UK and other developed economies to start thinking about how they can 'build back better' a greener economy and reduce transportation emissions.''The pandemic is hitting hard economies worldwide, but it is also an opportunity to jumpstart an economic recovery to achieve the net-zero emission ambition of the United Kingdom, according to the Committee on Climate Change (CCC), the UK's top advisory panel on climate change. The UK – which last year became the first major economy in the world to enshrine into law its target to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions to net-zero by 2050 – has a historic opportunity to rebuild its economy in line with the energy transition and in line with its ambitions to be a net-zero economy in three decades, the committee said in its annual report to Parliament.
Apart from rebuilding the economy by turning it greener, the committee's report calls on the government to bring forward the date for phasing out the sale of gasoline and diesel vehicles to 2032 at the very latest.
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Government support and favorable policies could address the lack of charging infrastructure, but widespread adoption of EVs, not only in the UK but everywhere, will also depend on zero-emission vehicles reaching price parity with their closest gas or diesel-fired competitors. An EV sales surge will also need a marked shift in consumer preferences toward zero-emission, which could come from the growing environmental awareness and, of course, from a growing number of choices and price parity with internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles.
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The committee's recommendation for phasing out the sale gasoline and diesel vehicles by 2032 is achievable, Alfonso Martinez, managing director of leasing firm LeasePlan UK, said, as quoted by
InsideEVs.
"The industry has made terrific progress over the past three to four years, not just in the range of models but in the improvement of technology and decrease in price. Therefore, a 2032 deadline should be entirely achievable target if we continue to progress with urgency and an emboldened attitude," Martinez said.
However, he noted that infrastructure needs to expand--vastly--to meet consumer needs.
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COVID-19 clouds the short-term outlook, but it could be an opportunity for the UK and other developed economies to start thinking about how they can 'build back better' a greener economy and reduce transportation emissions.'
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COVID-19 Set To Hasten UK Ban On Sales Of Gasoline And Diesel Cars, July 7, 2020
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