High mileage drivers can slash UK emissions by going electric

Zero-emissions vehicle ‘feebates’, social leasing and scrappage can drive change, says New AutoMotive

The top quarter of high mileage UK drivers produce more than half of the country’s car emissions – and could dramatically speed up reaching net zero by going electric.

If those who drive the furthest ditched fossil fuels, the UK could save all of the oil – 13.6 million tonnes – expected to be extracted from the North Sea by the 2040s.

The 25% group also accounts for more than half of all miles driven and more than half of costs spent on motoring, a report by transport...

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