Electric car “obsession” to see Net Zero goals missed, writes Oxford Uni Transport Professor – Cycle Industry News
Mark Sutton15 July, 2021
The Associate Professor at Oxford’s Transport, Energy & Environment, Transport Studies Unit, Christian Brand has warned that “obsessing over the electric car is impeding the race to Net Zero” and has simultaneously called for active travel provision to be the focal point of reducing transport emissions; the UK’s heaviest polluter.
There is no feasible way the transition to electric cars can take place fast enough within the window “we can spare – the next five years,” writes Brand. It is estimated that it will take three to four times that period of time for a complete transition of the world’s fossil fuel car fleet.
“Tackling the climate and air pollution requires curbing all motorised transport, particularly private cars, as quickly as possible,” he writes.
