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Ah yeah. No point speculating on that so far out. We'll be through at least 2 more GE's by then, and this is something that governments love to tinker with. If it was me in government, I'd be approaching it by gradually bringing EV annual "road tax" up from the current "incentive" low levels...

This is ignoring the potential for new technology / different approaches to reduce the size of the problem for those who can't charge at home. For example, NIO (Chinese) are in the process of building a network of battery swap stations in Europe and plans to do the same in the UK (ahead of...

Assuming you mean "on the road" cost to buy an EV vs an ICE? From what I've been reading yesterday / today, the industry expectation is that EVs will be like-for-like comparable, possibly cheaper, by 2030. A lot of that is through expected technology improvements, some from economy of scale as...

The point is that you save money over the longer term and can therefore afford more in the future. Whether that's the next car you buy, or better holiday's, or a bigger TV, or whatever. It's an investment that has a guaranteed positive payout. And, as has been repeatedly pointed out, by 2030 the...

To add to this: the economics of the ICE-only ban for 2030 is largely based on how it will impact the second hand market. The ban would force those who can afford to buy new to buy EV (or at least a lower-emission hybrid). Those would then filter into the second hand market, stimulating supply...

I'm naturally right-of-centre on economic policy, left-of-centre social policy. And very much pre-environment. But I wouldn't class myself as a Green (with a capital G) by a long shot - I've never voted Green in my life, because IMO an awful lot of their policies are unworkable tosh. Being...

Wrong answer. The projection is that by 2030, brand new EVs will have reached price-parity with brand new ICE vehicles - and be cheaper to run. Likewise on heat pumps, for an awful lot of homes out there they're cheaper to run. The government's own advice from recent years is that the policies...