The report recommended the government "work with public services and owners of public land, such as schools and hospitals, to accelerate the deployment of electric vehicle charge points, and introduce measures to ensure that charge points are interoperable, compatible with a smart energy system, reliable, and provide real-time information on their current functionality." EVs will not help the UK achieve its carbon emissions targets, according to a parliamentary Science and Technology Committee report. The report, which is critical of the lack of adequate policies to achieve the 2050 net zero target, states the country is not on track to fulfil its legally binding targets for 2023 to 2032. “Despite significant progress in recent years, we are still well behind our 2020 target by several years,” said committee chair Keith Vaz MP. Widespread personal vehicle ownership is likely to prove incompatible “with significant decarbonisation", it added.
EVs will not help the UK achieve its carbon emissions targets, according to a parliamentary Science and Technology Committee report. The report, which is critical of the lack of adequate policies to achieve the 2050 net zero target, states the country is not on track to fulfil its legally binding targets for 2023 to 2032. “Despite significant progress in recent years, we are still well behind our 2020 target by several years,” said committee chair Keith Vaz MP. Widespread personal vehicle ownership is likely to prove incompatible “with significant decarbonisation", it added.