8 points tapper 1 hour ago 7 comments
cloudie78 27 minutes ago | parent
Misleading title
From the article:
> At the current pace, electric cars will outsell petrol in the UK within a year. And it could happen as soon as this December.
Not the number of cars on the road - it’s new-car sales.
For reference only 4.9% of cars on the road are fully electric, while 87.8% are petrol or diesel.
graemep 20 minutes ago | parent
It says sales will overtake ICE, but its a long way from cars on the road as another comment pointed out.
It also assumes a linear trend continues. I think that is probably true if nothing changes, but there is a lot that could change that. The most likely change be joining the EU's "made in Europe" car policy which would mean far higher tariffs on Chinese EV imports.
tonyedgecombe 13 minutes ago | parent
The UK isn't in the EU and doesn't apply tariffs on Chinese imports (unlike the EU).