Electric cars accounted for 25.1% of all new car sales in the UK last month.
You'd think this was a cause to celebrate.
But car industry body SMMT claims it's only because of "heavy manufacturer discounting".
Meanwhile, in Norway >90% of new car sales are EVs...
www.smmt.co.uk/2024/12/disc...
05.12.2024 09:19 — 👍 24 🔁 5 💬 4 📌 0
Sources say Ministers are considering options to increase demand for electric vehicles. This is a good thing. The smartest thing to do -politically & economically- is NOT to cut VAT (a subsidy to middle class EV drivers) but to make EVs accessible to lower income families by subsidising leasing.
28.11.2024 07:41 — 👍 15 🔁 8 💬 6 📌 3
What a chart.
www.economist.com/interactive/...
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Kingsmill Bond: How is the energy transition going?
Podcast Episode · Solving for Climate · 07/11/2024 · 33m
I cannot recommend this episode of Solving for Climate more highly. Takes on the nonsense that surrounds “the costs of Net Zero”.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/k...
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