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Electric cars won’t save us if the numbers don’t add up – economist – The Conversation UK
It seems likely we are going to need radical reductions in future ownership of private vehicles as we transition to cleaner transport.
Electric cars are one of the fastest growing sectors of the automotive industry. Record sales are being made despite the economic crisis posed by the coronavirus pandemic. Seven years ago, there were only 3500 plug-in cars in the UK there are now 300,000. Almost 120,000 of them run purely on battery power. Many view the current period, even though it coincides with the pandemic, as a watershed moment a shift in consumer sentiment is expected to lead to a surge in electric vehicles.
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