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Climate committee at odds with politicians over hybrid cars

Environment

Andrew Forster
20 December 2019
 

Sales of new fossil fuel-powered cars could continue for much longer than envisaged by the Government’s Committee on Climate Change (CCC), with hybrid vehicles likely to be excluded from any phase-out date for pure petrol and diesels.  

The CCC’s report recommending a net zero emissions target for 2050 (LTT 24 May) said this would require an end to the sale of new non-zero emission cars, vans and motorcycles – including hybrids – by 2035.   

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