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Originally Posted by Osem
So when are they planning to start putting in the vast amount of infrastructure that'll be required to support street charging and how long's that going to take nationally?
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Most motorway services already have some electric charging points, and it's already been announced that all Petrol stations and remaining Motorway services will need to have them
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-40352884
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Petrol stations and motorway services will be required to install electric charge points, under plans outlined in the Queen's Speech.
The measure forms part of a government push to increase the number of electric vehicles on UK roads.
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And there are some predictions around how many EV points we'll have:
https://www.theguardian.com/environm...020-say-nissan
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Public electric vehicle (EV) charge points will outnumber petrol stations in the UK by the end of the decade, marking a potential tipping point in the adoption of zero emission vehicles.
That is the conclusion of a new analysis by auto giant and EV manufacturer Nissan, which argues that based on current trends EV charge points will overtake traditional petrol stations by August 2020.
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Originally Posted by nomadking
Even if say the UK manages, the development of petrol/diesel cars & vans will effectively be killed off fairly soon, so how are other countries going to manage? Is the EU going to prop them up over that as well?
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France have already announced they're banning them by 2040
https://www.theguardian.com/business...l-macron-volvo
So I'd expect most other EU countries to follow.
Volvo have already announced they're going electric only, and they're owned by the Chinese, so China is also moving in that direction.
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Oh and I've just seen this - Autoexpress reckon it won't include a ban on hybrids
http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/car-new...-ban-from-2040