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Boris Johnson announces ban on petrol and diesel cars by 2030

by LLB Editor November 18, 2020

written by LLB Editor 18^th Nov 20 11:33 am

Prime Minister Boris Johnson today announced a ban on new cars and vans powered wholly by petrol and diesel by 2030.

Johnson said: “Although this year has taken a very different path to the one we expected, I haven’t lost sight of our ambitious plans to level up across the country.

“My Ten Point Plan will create, support and protect hundreds of thousands of green jobs, whilst making strides towards net zero by 2050. Our green industrial revolution will be powered by the wind turbines of Scotland and the North East, propelled by the electric vehicles made in the Midlands and advanced by the latest technologies developed in Wales, so we can look ahead to a more prosperous, greener future.”

Currently fewer than 1% of cars on UK roads are powered entirely by electricity, so the prime minister’s plan to end the sale of new petrol and diesel cars will require an enormous investment in the infrastructure needed for electric vehicles.

Tanya Steele from WWF-UK said the government had “fired the starting gun on the action we need to see”.

She added: “We now need the chancellor to live up to the ambition expressed today through a spending review that tests every line of public spending to ensure it’s compatible with meeting our climate goals.”