{"id":270825,"date":"2023-08-01T15:27:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-01T13:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=270825"},"modified":"2023-08-01T15:27:15","modified_gmt":"2023-08-01T13:27:15","slug":"electric-vehicle-charging-stations-10-years-behind-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=270825","title":{"rendered":"Electric Vehicle Charging Stations 10 Years Behind Schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From The Daily Sceptic<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By\u00a0RICHARD ELDRED<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Analysis shows ministers are at risk of missing their goal for 300,000 public EV charge points by 2030, with only 3,870 installed in three months. At its current rate, the target will be achieved 10 years behind schedule. Will the Government now rethink its insane plan to ban sales of \u2018wet\u2019 cars in 2030? The\u00a0Times\u00a0<\/em>has the story<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Figures from the Department for Transport show that 3,870 chargers were installed in the three months to July, bringing the total to 44,020 across the U.K.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the current pace, just 114,640 would be installed by January 2030, with the targets met a decade later. To meet the target in time 9,845 chargers would need to be installed each quarter between now and then \u2014 a 154% increase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is growing frustration among motor manufacturers at the lack of a mandate on charging infrastructure, given that\u00a0from next year carmakers will be subject to one themselves on how many zero-emission vehicles they sell, with penalties for missing targets. The Government is aiming to ban the sale of new petrol and diesel cars from 2030. New hybrid cars, which use a combination of electric and conventional fuels, will be banned from 2035.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There was debate this week over whether pursuing the green agenda will hamper the Tories\u2019 success at the next election after the party narrowly held Boris Johnson\u2019s former seat in\u00a0the Uxbridge & South Ruislip by-election<\/a>. The victory was attributed to the party\u2019s opposition of the expansion of London\u2019s clean air zone, which was billed as a tax on motorists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michael Gove, the levelling-up secretary, said\u00a0the 2030 date to end sales of new petrol and diesel vehicles was \u201cimmovable\u201d<\/a>. He told the BBC: \u201cWe\u2019re committed to maintaining our policy of ensuring that by 2030 there are no new petrol and diesel cars being sold.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Privately, some in the motor industry believe the Conservatives know the infrastructure targets will not be met and that sticking to the 2030 ban on petrol and diesel cars will be hard, but are unwilling to address the issues before the election. Louise Haigh, the Shadow Transport Secretary, said: \u201cThere is no time to lose on charging infrastructure, yet the Conservatives are still a decade off track to meeting their own target.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNever-ending chaos from this Conservative Government risks stalling the switch to electric vehicles, pushing up costs and leaving our world-class car industry in limbo.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From next year manufacturers will be subject to a mandate on how many zero-emission vehicles they sell, starting at 22% of their total production. That will rise every year, reaching 52% in 2028, 80% in 2030 and 100% in 2035.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Worth\u00a0<\/em>reading in full<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Privately, some in the motor industry believe the Conservatives know the infrastructure targets will not be met and that sticking to the 2030 ban on petrol and diesel cars will be hard, but are unwilling to address the issues before the election. Louise Haigh, the Shadow Transport Secretary, said: \u201cThere is no time to lose on charging infrastructure, yet the Conservatives are still a decade off track to meeting their own target.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":270831,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[691821102,691818177,691819262,691818154],"class_list":["post-270825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-conservative-party","tag-electric-vehicles","tag-green-agenda","tag-net-zero","fallback-thumbnail"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/0a7cd8a1a6488df3763a5f81c1fe46721.jpeg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-18s9","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":419351,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=419351","url_meta":{"origin":270825,"position":0},"title":"The European Union pushes through quota for electric cars \u2013 Germany hits hardest","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"01\/01\/2026","format":false,"excerpt":"The EU has adopted fleet-wide carbon emission targets that effectively impose a quota on electric vehicle (EV) sales for automakers. 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