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2040 Diesel and Petrol Car Ban Plan Shock
July 26, two thousand seventeen by Perrys Content Team in Buyers Guides
Proposals to outlaw the retailing of fresh petrol and diesel cars by two thousand forty in an extreme stir to persuade people to purchase electrical vehicles are a ‘big ask’ and will put unparalleled pressure on the National Grid, automotive experts have cautioned. Our motoring journalist, Tim Barnes-Clay, reports.
Fresh Technology
Michael Gove, the Environment Secretary, has said that the UK can’t go on with diesel and petrol cars because of the harm they are doing to the planet our health. He claims that the way forward is to accept fresh technology.
National Grid
Yet, the AA has advised that the National Grid would be under strain, especially following the evening rush hour, and Which? Car magazine says that, at present, electrified cars are costly and less pragmatic. Presently, only four per cent of fresh car sales are for electrified vehicles, and fears have also been aired about whether the UK will have adequate charging points for the fresh generation of vehicles.
Taxes
Motorists who drive diesel powered motors on overcrowded roads in urban areas across Britain face even more pollution levies, and could also be banned from driving at peak times. Ministers have earmarked eighty one key roads in seventeen cities and towns where crucial act is needed because they are in disturbance of EU emissions standards, putting human health in jeopardy.
Boundaries
The air quality policy advises local councils to very first attempt to lower emissions by retro-fitting the filthiest diesels, altering road layouts and eradicating speed bumps. Nevertheless, it acknowledges that as a fall-back, local authorities will be permitted to enforce boundaries on the most contaminating diesels from two thousand twenty to slash the levels of bruising emissions. The Government will also pledge to forbid the sale of all fresh petrol and diesel cars by two thousand forty in an effort to inspire people to switch to hybrid and electrical autos.
Unfair Penalisation
It’s expected that the Environment Secretary will alert local councils against unfairly penalizing motorists by enforcing pollution tariffs and other restraints on drivers of diesels. Mr Gove also advocated that supplementary wind farms may be required to meet the Government’s plans.
Filthiest Roads
A latest explore found that forty eight of the muddiest roads are in London. Other polluted roads have been found in Derby, Birmingham, Coventry, Nottingham, Leeds, Bristol, Southampton, Manchester, Bolton, Bury, Sheffield, Newcastle, Middlesborough, Belfast and Cardiff. The contamination hot-spots are mainly on A-roads but also comprise sections of the M32 in Bristol and the M4 motorway near London. The policy will insist that any limitations on diesel vehicles must be time-limited and relaxed as soon as air pollution levels drop within permissible thresholds.
Traffic Flow
As an alternative to pollution tolls, local authorities will be pressed to improve the movement of traffic, with methods such as getting rid speed bumps to stop cars continually slowing down then speeding up, which almost doubles the quantity of gasses they emit. Other possibilities include improved sequencing of traffic lights to make sure motorists will keep reaching green lights rather than crimson lights if they cruise within the legal speed limit. Ministers will make an extra £255 million available to help local authorities apply their strategies, which could take effect in just three years’ time.
Diesel Growth
The amount of diesel-powered vehicles on the UK’s roads has ballooned from Trio.Two million in the year two thousand to over ten million vehicles today. This is because the Labour Government cut fuel duty on diesels in a bid to decrease carbon dioxide emissions. It has since transpired that diesel-propelled vehicles produce bruising nitrogen dioxide, which can raise the possibility of heart attacks, asthma attacks and strokes.
NFDA Comment
Sue Robinson, Director of the National Franchised Dealers Association (NFDA), which represents commercial vehicle and franchised car retailers across the UK commented on the two thousand forty ban plan. She said: “Whilst we recognise that the Government has to address the urgent issue of a clean air quality policy, we are worried that the total concentrate has been so strongly placed on the automotive industry. A ban on diesel and petrol vehicles is obviously of concern to the industry.”
Ms Robinson continued: “It is significant that consumers who purchased cleaner Euro six diesel cars should not be penalised. In 2016, over half a million fresh diesel vehicles were sold. The Government needs to ensure that the correct measures are in place in areas where pollution is at its highest and ensure that these are not detrimental to the local economy.”
She added: “It is also significant that there is investment in electrified vehicle infrastructure, particularly charging points. There is pressure from local authorities on private business to invest in the local grid infrastructure, to ensure that the UK electrical provisions can cope with the increase in electric current used for charging these vehicles.
“The Government has postponed a scrappage scheme for diesel cars, as it would be an expensive blunt instrument as any subsidy or scrappage allowance would need to be directed at the oldest cars which give off the most pollution,” concluded Ms Robinson.
