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Forget EVs, the future is better internal combustion engines

Paul Withrington, Director, Transport-watch, Northampton NN2
09 November 2012
 

The dent put in ministers’ electric vehicle (EV) ambitions is to be welcomed (‘Car manufacturer puts dent in ministers’ electric car ambitions’ LTT 28 Sep).

The Government’s belief that these vehicles will emit 40% less carbon dioxide than internal combustion vehicles depends largely on the Arup/Cenex paper, with the snappy title, Investigation into the Scope for the Transport Sector to Switch to Electric Vehicles and Plugin Hybrid Vehicles, published in October...

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