Business reporter
The Transport Secretary has said that the government has made it cheaper to buy an electric car (EV) to get more drivers to switch.
Heidi Alexander was responding to reports that the government would offer thousands of pounds in the grant to cut the price of buying EV to drivers.
People without driveways will put charge points using “cross-footpath guliz” with £ 25M allocated to the council, he said on the BBC Sunday with Laura Kunsberg.
The conservatives welcomed the investment but accused the government of “forcing families” in “expensive electric vehicles” before the country was ready.
Alexander said: “We are going to make some announcements at the end of this week how we make it more economical for people to buy electric vehicles.
When it was pushed on whether it would come in the EV grant as hundreds of crores of pounds, as stated in the report, Alexander refused to say.
“I can guarantee your audience that we are making it cheaper for those who want to switch to an electric vehicle,” he said.
The Transport Department will not comment further.
It comes when Alexander told the Telegraph that high cost of electric vehicles was cautioning people, saying that “it was true that the government thinks about what we can do to deal with both issues, on charging and on the advance cost of purchase.”
Richard Fuller MP, Treasury Chhaya Chief Secretary,, Labor accused the Labor of forcing the families of more expensive electric vehicles before the country was ready “.
‘I don’t have an electric car’
The report said that the government said that it will invest £ 63 meters to promote charging infrastructure Across Britain.
Alexander admitted that she did not have an electric vehicle herself, saying that she lived in a terraced house without a driveway.
“I don’t have an electric car … like millions of people in this country – I bought a new car about six years ago, I am thinking about the next car that I will buy and it will definitely be an electric vehicle,” she said.
According to some 21.6% new cars sold during the first half of the year, according to the electric Latest data Smmt from UK Motor Trade Association.
However, figures remain below compulsory goals, manufacturers have been determined, further applied in 2030 from the ban on selling new petrol and diesel cars.
In April, Alexander announced that the manufacturers will have More flexibility on annual goals And they face low fine to allow them to manage the impact of trade tariffs from the US.
