DRIVERS face massive changes under new government plans to make motoring more eco-friendly. The Prime Minister has announced a massive strategy to reduce emissions on our roads, which includes ince…
Car manufacturers will be given a zero-emission mandate. This means that a certain percentage of all their sales will need to be zero-emission vehicles from the year 2024.Many people's final visit to a petrol station will take place at some point in the next ten years.The switch to electric vehicles is likely to be expensive, especially in relation to the relative cheapness of second-hand petrol and diesel cars.
Phasing out the most harmful - fossil fuel powered internal combustion engines - is a priority under the UK Net Zero strategy.Electric cars are easy to charge at home if you have your own driveway and can install a charger on your property. There are few hydrogen filling stations in the UK, but this - as well as the supply of clean hydrogen - will increase under the Net Zero strategy.A car travelling with two people in it is less carbon-intensive than two people driving two separate cars.The average car and van occupancy is around 1.6 in England. This figure has been pretty steady for decades.Replacing fuel duty
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