Drivers have bashed the UK’s accelerated push toward electric vehicles, claiming that hard-working people have to shoulder the initiative’s subsidy costs.
The motorists, represented by the Alliance of British Drivers, also called for removing the 2035 ban on new petrol and diesel vehicles.
Bob Bull, chairman of the Alliance of British Drivers (ABD), said: “The public must not have their right to choose removed, and public money must no longer be thrown at subsidising new EV (electric vehicle) sales and usage.
“The tax system has for years given huge advantages to persuade fleets and business users to adopt EVs.
“This is not ‘free money.’ It is paid for by the hard-working and struggling people of this country. Enough is enough,” GB News reports.
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“Subsidies from long-suffering taxpayers are just not the right way to go.”
However, another poll of 1,000 road users by experts at Carwow showed that 59 percent of motorists want the government to fund more public EV charge points.
Originally announced by Boris Johnson in 2017, the government initially planned to ban the sale of new petrol and diesel-powered cars and vans by 2040 before bringing the date forward to 2035 and 2030, respectively.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak delayed the ban until 2035 last September.
