'If' the infrastructure was in  place in the 4 nations of the UK to have the majority of the car drivers buying EV's and using them in 10 years time then there might be disincentives put in the way of private and fleet buyers / business users to purchase a new ICE vehicle in the years before and encouragement to purchase / lease EV's or Hybrids.

There is the very big 'IF'.

A scrappage scheme or grant scheme to encourage  people and businesses not to buy ICE vehicles might work, and then higher Tax on company car drivers driving ICE passenger cars might have an affect.

It will depend lots on what Car Manufacturers are producing and selling in the lead up to 2030.

 

 

 

 

 

Edited 5 December, 20205 yr by e-Roottoot

On 04/12/2020 at 11:49, e-Roottoot said:

There is a lot of money being made with the introduction of EV's and lots is coming from the UK tax payers freely given out to the chosen few that really do not need or deserve the money being thrown at them.

 

That's my biggest concern/annoyance, really - Being forced into something I really don't like, for the sole purpose of funding someone else's offshore retirement fund... well, that and how every EV owner I've met seems to have become a militant environmentalist, especially the ones that used to drive very large diesels. This new charge/tax concept is almost a source of amusement, as they'd previously been trying to sell me on EVs by asserting that they were 'free' to run....

 

On 04/12/2020 at 12:02, Wino said:

People shouldn't be scaremongered into thinking they won't be allowed to drive anything but EVs and hybrids on the roads ten years from now, that's just not true.

 

I wasn't trying to suggest that, as I'd have no choice anyway. It's more the idea that I'd have to get expensive mods plugged and plumbed in just so the government can double-bill me and collect data.

 

5 minutes ago, Ttaskmaster said:

I wasn't trying to suggest that

I didn't think you were. It was wyx I was quoting and clarifying, not you.