According to Britain’s environmental mandate traditionally powered cars and trucks will be eliminated from the roads altogether in the next couple of decades. That’s why now telematics are being applied to several models to find the most sustainable choices—both for consumer and industrial purposes.
This past July the UK took another step in its ambitious CO2 reduction targets that would keep pace with the plans set in France. UK environment secretary Michael Gove announced that Britain would ban the sale of any cars powered by gas (petrol, as they call it,) or diesel fuel by 2040. That means that car manufacturers have to find economical designs (and the supply chains to bring those designs to reality) for cars and trucks powered by electricity in the near future.
To that end, the government has directed toward research and testing with funding of £20 million to be distributed via the Office for Low Emission Vehicles (OLEV) and Innovate UK among 20 firms that were selected to participate in the trial of low and zero emissions vehicles. The objective is not just to reduce C02 from auto emissions for the sake of improved air quality but to contribute to England’s aspirations “to be a global leader in electric vehicle technology.”
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