Ban of sale of new petrol & diesel cars now back to 2035
Discussion
Richie Rich just announced that the date for stopping the sale of new petrol and diesel cars is now 2035 instead of 2030. He also said secondhand petrol and diesel cars will be allowed to be sold after 2035.
IIRC, it was originally 2035 until a former PM moved it to 2030. I don't recall which PM it was - we've had so many in the last few years, I've lost track who did what, tbh.
Personally, I will delay moving from petrol to electric as long as possible. I'm a bit of a dinosaur who prefers to drive on dino-juice.
IIRC, it was originally 2035 until a former PM moved it to 2030. I don't recall which PM it was - we've had so many in the last few years, I've lost track who did what, tbh.
Personally, I will delay moving from petrol to electric as long as possible. I'm a bit of a dinosaur who prefers to drive on dino-juice.
Carloss Fandango said:
Richie Rich just announced that the date for stopping the sale of new petrol and diesel cars is now 2035 instead of 2030. He also said secondhand petrol and diesel cars will be allowed to be sold after 2035.
IIRC, it was originally 2035 until a former PM moved it to 2030. I don't recall which PM it was - we've had so many in the last few years, I've lost track who did what, tbh.
Personally, I will delay moving from petrol to electric as long as possible. I'm a bit of a dinosaur who prefers to drive on dino-juice.
It was the blond buffoon but i don; t think banning the sale of secondhand combustion engined cars was ever on the cards.I think he just hoped they would fade away quickly.IIRC, it was originally 2035 until a former PM moved it to 2030. I don't recall which PM it was - we've had so many in the last few years, I've lost track who did what, tbh.
Personally, I will delay moving from petrol to electric as long as possible. I'm a bit of a dinosaur who prefers to drive on dino-juice.
oldagepensioner said:
It was the blond buffoon but i don; t think banning the sale of secondhand combustion engined cars was ever on the cards.I think he just hoped they would fade away quickly.
No, I didn't believe the ban on selling new petrol/diesel cars was ever proposed to also apply to used cars. Presumably, Rishi included this in his announcement for the avoidance of doubt.Meanwhile, Labour have promised to stick to 2030. So if they get in at the next election, we could see it reverting to 2030. Car manufacturers are getting irate and I don't blame them.
Carloss Fandango said:
oldagepensioner said:
It was the blond buffoon but i don; t think banning the sale of secondhand combustion engined cars was ever on the cards.I think he just hoped they would fade away quickly.
No, I didn't believe the ban on selling new petrol/diesel cars was ever proposed to also apply to used cars. Presumably, Rishi included this in his announcement for the avoidance of doubt.Meanwhile, Labour have promised to stick to 2030. So if they get in at the next election, we could see it reverting to 2030. Car manufacturers are getting irate and I don't blame them.
LivLL said:
It's a neat trick, the EU have 2035 as their date anyway. Nothing really newsworthy about this announcement.
I wonder if the companies who have announced plans to build electric cars in UK (BMW Mini for example) will stick to their plans? I imagine they were looking forward to lots of sales in the lead-up to 2030.Five years of UK sales to reduce the pain of exporting to Europe has just gone out the window.
People will still buy EV's, they're buying them in large numbers now over a decade away from the target date. Incentives are still there for company drivers to choose EV or petrol or diesel, that hasn't changed.
As I said, not really a big piece of news. What else was hiding behind this "big" announcement in plain sight?
As I said, not really a big piece of news. What else was hiding behind this "big" announcement in plain sight?
jameswills said:
Labour aren’t rolling back on this, and they will be in charge next year, so it’s an utterly pointes and actually quite a clever announcement by Richi. Still gets what he wants, but hands it over to Kier to take the pain of it.
Perhaps the Conservatives should be asked by they chose to be out of step with the EU? Oh yes, to be pointlessly different. pingu393 said:
LivLL said:
It's a neat trick, the EU have 2035 as their date anyway. Nothing really newsworthy about this announcement.
I wonder if the companies who have announced plans to build electric cars in UK (BMW Mini for example) will stick to their plans? I imagine they were looking forward to lots of sales in the lead-up to 2030.Five years of UK sales to reduce the pain of exporting to Europe has just gone out the window.
Carloss Fandango said:
Richie Rich just announced that the date for stopping the sale of new petrol and diesel cars is now 2035 instead of 2030. He also said secondhand petrol and diesel cars will be allowed to be sold after 2035.
IIRC, it was originally 2035 until a former PM moved it to 2030. I don't recall which PM it was - we've had so many in the last few years, I've lost track who did what, tbh.
Personally, I will delay moving from petrol to electric as long as possible. I'm a bit of a dinosaur who prefers to drive on dino-juice.
It was Johnson, on the orders of CarrieIIRC, it was originally 2035 until a former PM moved it to 2030. I don't recall which PM it was - we've had so many in the last few years, I've lost track who did what, tbh.
Personally, I will delay moving from petrol to electric as long as possible. I'm a bit of a dinosaur who prefers to drive on dino-juice.
RS_MAN_CHILD said:
2035 will become 2050 eventually anyway!
Modern small ICE Petrol based engines with hybrid assist can produce immense power that's good enough for the next few decades! and they will not destroy the roads like EV currently are either!!
But the stupid rule re Hybrids was that they had to be "plug in" after 2030, regen charging was being banned.Modern small ICE Petrol based engines with hybrid assist can produce immense power that's good enough for the next few decades! and they will not destroy the roads like EV currently are either!!
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