SPOTLIGHT: Are we there yet?: The EV story - with Wejo
A special podcast from Spotlight, the New Statesman’s policy supplement - The New Statesman podcast will return tomorrow.
In 2020, the UK announced the end of new petrol and diesel cars by 2030. At the time, Boris Johnson’s government pledged £1.8bn to support greater uptake of zero emission vehicles, including £1.3bn to rollout more chargepoints for electric vehicles nationwide.
Since then, the country has seen the biggest year-on-year growth in electric car registration for years. But there are millions of registered cars on the road in the UK – so how far have we come on the EV journey?
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