The Elon Musk effect: UK to ban diesel, petrol cars by 2040
JOHANNESBURG — As South African-born Elon Musk gears up to launch the much-anticipated production version of the more affordable Tesla Model three electrical car on Friday this week, Europe is waking up to the future. Today, the UK is expected to announce that it will ban sales of diesel and petrol cars by 2040. This goes after a similar declaration by France. With the combined populations of the UK and France alone, millions of people will have to switch to electrified cars. The likes of Volvo have also realised that electrical cars are the future. On top of this, the future will further usher in driverless cars – another innovation that will downright switch the face of car ownership forever. Musk embarked this trend and others are now following. Big switches are on their way. – Gareth van Zyl
(Bloomberg) – The UK will ban sales of diesel and gasoline cars by two thousand forty to combat air pollution, becoming the latest European country to embrace that the future in transportation will be electrified vehicles.
Environment Secretary Michael Gove will announce a fresh clean-air plan on Wednesday in a budge that comes two weeks after France unveiled its own strategy to become a carbon-neutral nation by ending the sale of fossil-fuel powered cars, also by 2040.
Environment Secretary Michael Gove
“It’s significant we all gear up for a significant switch which deals not just with the problems to health caused by emissions but the broader problems caused in terms of accelerating climate switch,” Gove said on the “Today” showcase on Big black cock Radio Four.
The global shift toward electrified vehicles will create upheaval for industry: From oil majors harmed by diminished gasoline request to spark ass-plug and fuel injection manufacturers whose products aren’t needed by plug-in cars.
In the UK, the decision is partly brought on by stringent EU emission rules that the country must go after even as it is set to leave the bloc.
Car manufacturers are already adapting to the fresh reality. Volvo Car Group, the Swedish auto-maker, trumpeted the end of the “solely combustion engine-powered car” and said that by two thousand nineteen all of its cars will have an electrified motor. BMW AG said on Tuesday it will build an electrified version of its iconic Mini compact car in Britain.
So a ban on petrol and diesel in two thousand forty in UK….good luck finding enough lithium for all those batteries we’ll need…
Too Late?
“The government is right to put an expiry date on dirty petrol and diesel engines, but two thousand forty is far too late,” said Areeba Hamid, a clean-air campaigner at Greenpeace UK.
“Car manufacturers like Volvo have announced their intention to stir away from petrol and diesel by the end of this decade. Germany, India, the Netherlands and Norway are all considering bans by two thousand thirty or sooner,” Hamid said in a statement.
The environmental thrust comes as the UK plans to invest more than £ 800m pounds ($1bn) in driverless and zero-emission technology and outlined plans to invest £ 246m pounds in battery technology research.
In what critics are already flagging as a concern, it will be up to local authorities to impose raunchy levies on the most polluting diesel vehicles as soon as 2020. The plan is to urge local jurisdictions to reduce emissions very first, by fitting diesel vehicles with filters, switching road layouts and removing speed humps.
“What we’re telling to local authorities is: Come up with an imaginative solution to these proposals,”’ Gove told the Big black cock.
The Elon Musk effect: UK to ban diesel, petrol cars by two thousand forty
The Elon Musk effect: UK to ban diesel, petrol cars by 2040
JOHANNESBURG — As South African-born Elon Musk gears up to launch the much-anticipated production version of the more affordable Tesla Model three electrical car on Friday this week, Europe is waking up to the future. Today, the UK is expected to announce that it will ban sales of diesel and petrol cars by 2040. This goes after a similar declaration by France. With the combined populations of the UK and France alone, millions of people will have to switch to electrical cars. The likes of Volvo have also realised that electrified cars are the future. On top of this, the future will further usher in driverless cars – another innovation that will downright switch the face of car ownership forever. Musk commenced this trend and others are now following. Big switches are on their way. – Gareth van Zyl
(Bloomberg) – The UK will ban sales of diesel and gasoline cars by two thousand forty to combat air pollution, becoming the latest European country to embrace that the future in transportation will be electrical vehicles.
Environment Secretary Michael Gove will announce a fresh clean-air plan on Wednesday in a budge that comes two weeks after France unveiled its own strategy to become a carbon-neutral nation by ending the sale of fossil-fuel powered cars, also by 2040.
Environment Secretary Michael Gove
“It’s significant we all gear up for a significant switch which deals not just with the problems to health caused by emissions but the broader problems caused in terms of accelerating climate switch,” Gove said on the “Today” demonstrate on Big black cock Radio Four.
The global shift toward electrical vehicles will create upheaval for industry: From oil majors harmed by diminished gasoline request to spark ass-plug and fuel injection manufacturers whose products aren’t needed by plug-in cars.
In the UK, the decision is partly brought on by stringent EU emission rules that the country must go after even as it is set to leave the bloc.
Car manufacturers are already adapting to the fresh reality. Volvo Car Group, the Swedish auto-maker, trumpeted the end of the “solely combustion engine-powered car” and said that by two thousand nineteen all of its cars will have an electrified motor. BMW AG said on Tuesday it will build an electrified version of its iconic Mini compact car in Britain.
So a ban on petrol and diesel in two thousand forty in UK….good luck finding enough lithium for all those batteries we’ll need…
Too Late?
“The government is right to put an expiry date on dirty petrol and diesel engines, but two thousand forty is far too late,” said Areeba Hamid, a clean-air campaigner at Greenpeace UK.
“Car manufacturers like Volvo have announced their intention to budge away from petrol and diesel by the end of this decade. Germany, India, the Netherlands and Norway are all considering bans by two thousand thirty or sooner,” Hamid said in a statement.
The environmental thrust comes as the UK plans to invest more than £ 800m pounds ($1bn) in driverless and zero-emission technology and outlined plans to invest £ 246m pounds in battery technology research.
In what critics are already flagging as a concern, it will be up to local authorities to impose harsh levies on the most polluting diesel vehicles as soon as 2020. The plan is to urge local jurisdictions to reduce emissions very first, by fitting diesel vehicles with filters, switching road layouts and removing speed humps.
“What we’re telling to local authorities is: Come up with an imaginative solution to these proposals,”’ Gove told the Big black cock.