Ministers should bring back incentives for purchasing electric cars to arrest falling sales growth and prevent the UK from entering the “slow lane” on tackling climate change, an influential group of peers warned on Tuesday.
The House of Lords environment and climate change committee criticised the government for “prematurely” axing consumer grants for electric vehicles, missing targets on building chargepoints, and sending motorists “mixed messages” about battery cars.
The cross-party group said in a report that if “significant” barriers to buying an EV were not addressed urgently, “the government’s objective of mass ownership . . . will not be met”.
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