Why waste money subsidising the car industry when they could invest that money in proper public transport?
Fucking new Labour.
EVs are better than ICE cars but they’re still shit for the environment and for society. Electric buses, trains, trams, and good cycle paths do a much better job for the environment, the mass transit of people, and for social cohesion. Fuck.
While I would like to see more investment in public transport, I would like to see ICE cars replaced and also I would like more options available for disabled people that can’t take public transport.
Public transport doesn’t work everywhere. It’s great in big urban areas but once you get out into lower density countryside it’s hard to run something comprehensive.
If the choice is between a diesel or an EV then we should insentivise the EV. However direct subsidies for buying cars probably won’t work as well as widening access to charging. I see they are trying to make the process of adapting pavements for curbside charging easier which I think will help more.
Charging from the socket is about a tenth the cost of public charging infrastructure and with solar it becomes functionality free.
Where did you see the curb side charging stuff?
Instead, she pointed to a £25m package that will be allocated to councils to fit “cross-pavement gullies”, to make it easier for people without driveways to charge an electric vehicle (EV), alongside £63m for charging infrastructure.
I hoped you had another source, but thank you.
