New hybrid vehicles will continue to be sold after the sales ban of new petrol and diesel cars in 2030 to protect the UK’s network of car plants, the transport minister has said.
Last month it was revealed that new hybrid and plug-in hybrid cars that can “drive a significant distance without emitting carbon” can continue to be sold until 2035, at which point they too will be banned.
Speaking to at the Financial Times’ Future of Mobility summit, transport minister Rachel Maclean said: “We took that approach because we listened to the industry, and we recognise how important they are to the manufacturing base of this country.
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“We also recognise that hybrid technology can be a step for people, when they do have a hybrid it often helps them to gather confidence to make that purchase of a fully electric vehicle later.”
Honda and Ford have announced UK plant closures in the past two years.
In 2019 Nissan scrapped plans to build additional models in its Sunderland factory, although it will begin producing a hybrid version of its Qashqai at Sunderland next year.
More than 90 per cent of the cars rolling off Toyota’s lines at Burnaston are hybrid.
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