Motor Vehicles
(asked on 5th September 2017) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to ban the use of vehicles with petrol and diesel engines from 2050.
Answered by
Lord Callanan
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
This question was answered on 19th September 2017
Our aim is for almost every car and van to be zero emission by 2050. We are investing £1billion on supporting ultra-low emission vehicles to mass market. This ambition is technology neutral but we expect it to be industry led with the car industry rising to meet changing consumer tastes.