The UK government’s plan to ban the sale of new petrol and diesel cars by 2040 is too tame, advisers will say.
Drivers will benefit if electric cars come to dominate the new car market a full decade earlier, they will claim.
The Committee on Climate Change believes the cost of electric cars will be similar to that of petrol or diesel vehicles by 2024-5.
But the speed of installing charging points will have to radically improve to cope with the coming demand.
What is the current policy?
The UK government’s current policy is to insist that by 2040 ... Read even more
