Steve Gooding, director of the transport research organisation, said: “It is hard to understand the rationale for the Prime Minister’s decision to delay the ban on sale of petrol and diesel cars by five years – what message does taking his foot off the gas in this way send to an auto industry that was confident of its ability to hit the 2030 deadline on the basis of a clear and consistent regulatory...
The Government says its policy is about taking a fairer and more pragmatic approach to reaching net zero. A spokesperson said: “Recent announcements such as Tata’s £4bn gigafactory announcement, Stellantis investing £100mn into Ellesmere Port and BMW putting £600mn into building electric Minis in Oxford is evidence that businesses see the UK as an attractive place to invest and we are committed to working with car manufacturers to make the UK one of the best places for automotive investment.”, who has railed against climate measures in his country.
Mr Trump said that Mr Sunak had “very substantially rolled back the ridiculous ‘climate mandates’ that the United States is pushing on everyone, especially itself.”