Extract from second reading debate (Commons) of the Vehicle Technology and Aviation Bill - March 6
Tuesday, 7 March 2017 08:03
Neil Parish (Tiverton and Honiton) (Con): Electric vehicles
mean better air quality. Toxic gases from combustion engines are
linked to more than 40,000 deaths in the UK, and road transport is
responsible for about 80% of nitric oxide in our inner-city
hotspots. A move away from combustion engines and towards electric
vehicles would cut levels of nitric oxide in the air, and would
reduce the number of early deaths. British motorists currently face
some of the highest fuel prices in...Request free trial
(Tiverton and Honiton)
(Con): Electric vehicles mean better air quality.
Toxic gases from combustion engines are linked to more than 40,000
deaths in the UK, and road transport is responsible for about 80%
of nitric oxide in our inner-city hotspots. A move away from
combustion engines and towards electric vehicles would cut levels
of nitric oxide in the air, and would reduce the number of early
deaths. British motorists currently face some of the highest fuel
prices in Europe, but an electric vehicle that achieves 3 miles per
kWh can cost about 4p per mile. Ultimately, that really will
encourage people to buy electric cars. The AA has estimated that they are about
five times cheaper to run than the average petrol car. The
Chancellor may miss a little bit of fuel tax, but I think that, in
terms of air quality, this is a step in the right direction.
Transport produces higher carbon emissions than any other UK
sector, including power generation. Moving vehicles from carbon to
electric will help the UK to slash its carbon emissions further,
especially as renewable energy is rapidly rising in the UK...
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