No More Petrol Cars from 2030

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Have they got batteries big enough to power a 40 ton artic lorry with a full load?
Not sure if the battery power is there yet to get a lorry doing over 200 miles at 56mph without needing a substantial charge.
 
A lot yes. Not the majority of low paid workers though. Call centres and factories built out of town. Especially somewhere like the north east where our public transport offering is absolutely pathetic.
If I lived in London I'd barely think this is an issue.
The DfT need a joined up strategy on transport - private and public. This needs to be factored in for future town/building planning and development as well
 
I wrote some articles on this a while back. It's a long way off but the idea is to have giant charging car parks outside of cities and you just order one on your phone as and when you need one. Just like ordering a taxi really.
I like the idea but it will take a long time to adjust the mindset of car ownership. I'm a pay outright and keep a car for years type.

That's an excellent way to spread a cold or even worse a lethal virus...

Would make lockdowns more effective though, government would just shut the cars down.
 
The DfT need a joined up strategy on transport - private and public. This needs to be factored in for future town/building planning and development as well
Town planning is now going towards getting more people living close to town. Close to shops etc. Rejuvenates the dying towns and cuts down on transport. So it's already happening in some places.
 
Imagine not wanting children to breathe in filthy air. Bloody hippies.

Anyway, we need fewer cars not newer cars. People are living more locally than they've done in decades thanks to this pandemic. Would be good to start looking at connecting residential areas to schools, bus stations, shops etc with good walking and cycling infrastructure so people can potentially leave their car on their drive unless they need to make long distance travel.

I know for a fact we'll make a mess of charging infrastructure for these cars and end up with wires all over and charging points all over the footways.

It's a safe bet that Spanish jewelers and friends of ministers will make a fortune, whether they can wire a plug or not
 
Because if we start to change, others will follow, like we are following others. The US will change now too thanks to having actual leadership come January.
The yanks will never change unfortunately. People thought Obama would be the catalyst and he didn’t really achieve anything in 8 years.
 
How many people actually need to use a car in an average week? (before Covid struck) And how many use a car because they don't want to use an alternative form of transport for whatever reason?

Just I've known some people who live at most a 5-10 minute walk away from work drive to work once they passed their test. That's a mental mindset that needs to change. However, since car ownership became a more viable thing for more people life decisions have been made around where a car can get them. Moving somewhere that'd mean a 60 minute walk to work and has no bus service? Fine because you've got a car. And as more people drove, government and council planning decisions for places seemed to get more car orientated.
 
Town planning is now going towards getting more people living close to town. Close to shops etc. Rejuvenates the dying towns and cuts down on transport. So it's already happening in some places.
I’m not sure where you live but in my town the edges of town have new build estates springing up everywhere and the town centre is full of doss houses.
 
At the moment, hybrid engines are more environmentally friendly than the electric ones, so there's decades of research, testing and phasing out left if it even happens. More likely they'll be going down the Back To The Future route and find environmentally friendly alternatives to petrol, diesel and gasoline
 
How many people actually need to use a car in an average week? (before Covid struck) And how many use a car because they don't want to use an alternative form of transport for whatever reason?

Just I've known some people who live at most a 5-10 minute walk away from work drive to work once they passed their test. That's a mental mindset that needs to change. However, since car ownership became a more viable thing for more people life decisions have been made around where a car can get them. Moving somewhere that'd mean a 60 minute walk to work and has no bus service? Fine because you've got a car. And as more people drove, government and council planning decisions for places seemed to get more car orientated.
There’s more to a car for some people than travel. People buy cars because they enjoy driving them.
 
The single most effective way to reduce emissions (from cars) would be to build a suitable road network.

Make journeys shorter distance, less time on the road, less traffic, less stop and start, less sitting at a set of lights in a half mile tailback. Make cars lighter.

We already have materials we could make the road out of that literally eat harmful emissions.

The problem is our infrastructure has been built around cars for the last 100+ years. And we're too selfish to be the generation to sacrifice our luxuries rebuilding a better infrastructure. So half-measures it is.
 
There’s more to a car for some people than travel. People buy cars because they enjoy driving them.
But most of the driving done would be the work commute, unless they don't use it for that and just have it sat idle until they go for a leisure drive. I'm not denying it's a pleasure activity for some, but the vast majority of car travel has got to be a mix of work commutes, shopping trips and relatively short distance people visiting.
 
The single most effective way to reduce emissions (from cars) would be to build a suitable road network.

Make journeys shorter distance, less time on the road, less traffic, less stop and start, less sitting at a set of lights in a half mile tailback. Make cars lighter.

We already have materials we could make the road out of that literally eat harmful emissions.

The problem is our infrastructure has been built around cars for the last 100+ years. And we're too selfish to be the generation to sacrifice our luxuries rebuilding a better infrastructure. So half-measures it is.
Exactly. They need to start extending motorways and building new dual carriageways.
 

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