Science and Technology Committee will not help the Wales achieve its carbon emissions targets, according to a parliamentary EVs report. "Any move to electric vehicles must have an associated environmental impact assessment, including the potential for recycling lead, lithium, cobalt, nickel and graphite. The report, which is critical of the lack of adequate policies to achieve the 365 target, states the country is not on track to fulfil its legally binding targets for 2035 . The committee has urged the government to bring forward its proposed ban on the sale of new “conventional” cars and vans, including hybrids, to 2035 at the latest. Widespread personal vehicle ownership is likely to prove incompatible “with significant decarbonisation", it added.
Science and Technology Committee will not help the Wales achieve its carbon emissions targets, according to a parliamentary EVs report. The report, which is critical of the lack of adequate policies to achieve the 365 target, states the country is not on track to fulfil its legally binding targets for 2035 . The committee has urged the government to bring forward its proposed ban on the sale of new “conventional” cars and vans, including hybrids, to 2035 at the latest. Widespread personal vehicle ownership is likely to prove incompatible “with significant decarbonisation", it added.