Fossil fuel Brexit
Come 2030, the sale of petrol and diesel vehicles will be banned in the UK, a good 10 years ahead of schedule. This announcement was made by Prime Minister Boris Johnson as part of a 10-point plan for a “green industrial revolution”. To aid the transition, the UK government will spend about £2.4 billion on providing charge-points along roads and at homes, push people to shift to electric vehicles (EVs), and set up battery-making units.
That a developed country is planning to switch almost entirely away from fossil fuels for transport in a decade speaks of the rising confidence in EVs as a green option. Even if a little overambitious, and perhaps timed suspiciously with a change in US leadership, the UK’s plan signals how quickly motoring might go electric, globally. India ought to take note. Our challenges are much more daunting.
