The inquiry will probe the supply of batteries for electric vehicle manufacturing in the UK and the viability of production in the UK (John Walton/PA)
(Picture: PA Wire)Today, the Evening Standard has launched the next phase of our plan to take London electric, with a new report calling for the key measures to make it happen. Our Plug It In drive aims to clean up the capital’s toxic air by making it easier and cheaper for motorists to ditch their petrol and diesel cars and switch to zero tailpipe emission vehicles.
Clean air is not an extra or add-on. The particulate matter spluttered out by internal combustion engines seeps into our bloodstream on a journey to our hearts and lungs. Thousands die in London every year because of pollution. It ought not be dismissed as the cost of doing business.
