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Car makers warn electric car plans are “far removed from reality”

According to a piece in Auto Express online on 10 Dec 20, “Car makers warn electric car plans are far removed from reality“.

They said that “European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association calculates if EU targets of 30 million EVs by 2030 are to be met, their numbers must rise by almost 5,000%”!

Auto Express reported that “To meet the target, set for just nine years in the future, that those 615,000 EVs rise in number to 30 million, the ACEA highlights that close to a 50-fold increase in numbers would be required. That’s equivalent to a 4,778 per cent rise in the number of electric cars on the road.”

And that “The ACEA also warns that it considers a further three million public chargepoints will be required by 2030 to reach these goals from the 200,000 points that existed in 2019. That means a 15-fold increase is needed to bridge the gap.”

It seems the piece highlights what we are probably all scratching our heads about, and wondering who is going to have to pay for all this?!

Read the full article here…

Third SEISS Grant now available for Self Employed

You can now claim for your Self Employed third support grant, the system is now live.

So if you have still been adversely effected by the COVID pandemic, then you could well be due another 80% of trading profit equal to the first grant you would have claimed, so get your self logged into HMRC and get claiming – don’t forget though, this is all taxable, so make provision for your tax bills!!

HMRC do a tax forecaster here…

Manufacturing green vehicles churns out more CO2 than making fuel models

According to the Mail Online “Manufacturing green vehicles churns out more CO2 than making fuel models”!

Mail Online also reported that:

  • Electric cars would have to be driven for 50,000 miles before being as ‘green’
  • Report suggests the green transport revolution could increase emissions 
  • The research threatens to undermine the PM’s plan to achieve net zero emissions by banning sales of new petrol and diesel cars from 2030

And that –

Manufacturing electric vehicles generates 63 per cent more carbon dioxide than making petrol or diesel models, damning research has found.

It means some zero-emission vehicles have to be driven for almost 50,000 miles before they are as ‘green’ as cars powered by fossil fuels.

The revelation threatens to undermine the Prime Minister’s plan to achieve net zero emissions by banning sales of new petrol and diesel cars from 2030.

You can see the full publication here.

Electric Vehicle Reality Check!

If you haven’t already seen these episodes, the BBC make a tech program called ‘Click’.

On the 20th Nov 2020, the BBC aired this episode about the future of Electric Vehicles called ‘The Electric Revolution’, and in the bulletin it covers the potentially looming Lithium Mining possibilities in Cornwall, as well as highlighting the very limited possibilities of Vehicle Charging Supply companies expanding into ‘more rural areas’, like Cornwall, in the near future.

The BBC also aired this program on 1st Nov 2020 called ‘Electric Cars; The Future of Road Vehicles’.

These programs are an absolute must watch as they bring home the stark reality that the future of Electric Vehicles in the commercial transport environment is still both practically and financially a very long way off for now, Oh, and apparently the average family can easily afford €90,000 Euros (£79,985) for an SUV!!!!

1 in 3 motorists cannot afford even the cheapest electric car – dailymail.co.uk

According to a piece in the dailymail.co.uk web site “One in three motorists cannot afford even the cheapest electric car, warn experts in blow to Government plans to ban petrol and diesel cars by 2030”.

dailymail.co.uk said that a third of motorists are unable to afford even the cheapest electric car, experts warn.

The figure – equivalent to ten million households – highlights how many ordinary families will struggle to finance the switch from petrol and diesel cars being pushed by ministers.

Even middle-earning households will have difficulty paying for one of the cheapest leased electric vehicles – the £170-a-month Skoda Citigo.

You can read the full article here