09.30, Wednesday 28 April
2021
The Transport Committee holds an introductory session for its
inquiry into zero emission vehicles and
road pricing.
A selection of organisations will give evidence on the range of
issues required to make an effective transition to electric
vehicles ahead of 2030, the date by which Government has
committed to ending the sale of new petrol and diesel cars. From
accelerating the roll-out of charging infrastructure to replacing
the lost income from vehicle tax and fuel duty – two panels
consider the challenges ahead.
Likely topics for discussion include:
- How to increase the consumer uptake of zero emission vehicles
(ZEVs)
- The Government’s progress on rolling out charging
infrastructure
- The effect the transition to ZEVs will have on modal shift to
public transport and active travel
- Whether there is a case to introduce some form of national
road pricing scheme
- The technology possibilities and challenges of introducing
such a scheme
- The sorts of policy objectives that will get public support.
Witnesses, from 09.30:
- Ed Birkett, Senior Research Fellow, Energy & Environment,
Policy Exchange
- Caterina Brandmayr, Head of climate policy, Green Alliance
- Sarah Owen-Vandersluis, Head of Public Sector Mobility and
Trade Lead Partner, KPMG
At
10.30:
- Professor Philip Booth, Director at Vinson Centre, University
of Buckingham, and Senior Academic Fellow at Institute of
Economic Affairs
- Eamonn Ives, Head of Energy and Environment Policy, Centre
for Policy Studies
-
, Chair, Smarter Cambridge Transport
- Claire Haigh, Founder and CEO, Greener Transport Solutions
