Kemi Badenoch says the Conservatives will scrap the ban on petrol and diesel vehicles due to come into force in the UK if they win the next election.Writing in the Sunday Telegraph, the Conservative Party leader said the Zero Emission Vehicle mandate (ZEV) was a “well-meaning but ultimately destructive piece of legislation”.From 2030, all new cars will have to be electric or hybrid as part of government efforts to meet a legally binding aim of achieving “net zero” by 2050.The Conservative leader’s comments come after her meeting with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, who has lobbied the EU to water down its own plans for a ban.Net zero refers to the balance between the amount of greenhouse gas produced and the amount removed from the atmosphere.Six EU countries, including Italy, have recently called on other member states to rethink plans to phase out new petrol and diesel cars by 2035, saying it could hurt industrial competitiveness.Badenoch suggested the EU had signalled it would drop a full ban, adding: “The reality is that the EU’s change of heart on EVs will leave Labour even more isolated, and by pressing ahead alone, we are placing our domestic industry at a disadvantage while giving others the opportunity to dominate global supply chains.”She said the only “winners in this economic self-harm are China”.The Conservative leader added that her government would still move towards a “transition to cleaner transport” but one driven by “affordability, practicality and technological progress” rather than “unrealistic mandates that weaken domestic manufacturing and empower foreign competitors”.She said scrapping the mandate would give “space” to …
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[mwai_chat context=”Let’s have a discussion about this article:nnKemi Badenoch says the Conservatives will scrap the ban on petrol and diesel vehicles due to come into force in the UK if they win the next election.Writing in the Sunday Telegraph, the Conservative Party leader said the Zero Emission Vehicle mandate (ZEV) was a “well-meaning but ultimately destructive piece of legislation”.From 2030, all new cars will have to be electric or hybrid as part of government efforts to meet a legally binding aim of achieving “net zero” by 2050.The Conservative leader’s comments come after her meeting with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, who has lobbied the EU to water down its own plans for a ban.Net zero refers to the balance between the amount of greenhouse gas produced and the amount removed from the atmosphere.Six EU countries, including Italy, have recently called on other member states to rethink plans to phase out new petrol and diesel cars by 2035, saying it could hurt industrial competitiveness.Badenoch suggested the EU had signalled it would drop a full ban, adding: “The reality is that the EU’s change of heart on EVs will leave Labour even more isolated, and by pressing ahead alone, we are placing our domestic industry at a disadvantage while giving others the opportunity to dominate global supply chains.”She said the only “winners in this economic self-harm are China”.The Conservative leader added that her government would still move towards a “transition to cleaner transport” but one driven by “affordability, practicality and technological progress” rather than “unrealistic mandates that weaken domestic manufacturing and empower foreign competitors”.She said scrapping the mandate would give “space” to …nnDiscussion:nn” ai_name=”RocketNews AI: ” start_sentence=”Can I tell you more about this article?” text_input_placeholder=”Type ‘Yes'”]
