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1 person found this useful Representatives from Oxford City Council are among the additional speakers now confirmed for the Electric Fleet Conference. Tom Hayes and Tina Mould will outline the upcoming Oxford Zero Emission zone trial that will take place in the summer and how it will impact businesses. Melanie Shufflebotham, from Zap-Map, will deliver a session that explores the role of public charging in a fleets EV strategy and how the infrastructure is developing. Natasha Patel, from Baringa Partners, will also take part in the conference. Her session will provide advice on cutting the co...

Calls for stringent criteria on hybrid sales amid concerns the vehicles will damage UK’s emissions targets 5 March 2021 • 6:00pm Plug-in hybrid cars will be responsible for 10 per cent of Britain's carbon emissions by 2035, according to analysis conducted for The Telegraph, amid rising concern they are being wrongly touted as a green option for drivers. The Government has said hybrid cars, which use both battery and internal combustion engine technology, will continue to be sold for five years beyond the 2030 deadline for the phase-out of new petrol and diesel cars. But analysts say this ...

Calls for stringent criteria on hybrid sales amid concerns the vehicles will damage UK’s emissions targets

Real-world testing figures suggest some official PHEV economy numbers may be optimistic

We know that the future of motoring is electric, but how quickly will we get there? The UK is setting the pace. By 2030 no new petrol or diesel cars will be on sale there. David Bailey, professor in Industrial Strategy at the University of Birmingham, says the danger of this is that there is a date but it's "without a roadmap." Carmakers know that petrol and diesel are on the way out, but the speed at which the UK is moving has created a unique challenge for domestic manufacturers. As Professor Bailey says, the move to electric cars "really is the biggest change in the auto industry for the l...