UK petrol and diesel car ban could change due to EU rule

UK may need to U-turn on its planned ban on the sale of brand new petrol and diesel combustion models after the EU watered down its plans.

The UK petrol and diesel car ban is being tipped to change due to a European Union rule. The UK may need to U-turn on its planned ban on the sale of brand new petrol and diesel combustion models after the EU watered down its plans.

YouTube content creator @ScottishCarClan warned the UK could be at risk of becoming the last remaining place on earth maintaining a “deranged, hyper fixation on battery electric vehicles”.

The YouTuber said: “Now suppose the UK Government suddenly stops this trend of copying EU legislation. They don’t scrap the engine ban, they don’t consider the synthetic fuels or e-fuels, they end up with this huge discrepancy between EU and UK policy.

“Well, that lucrative trade goes out the window, leading to more job cuts, more industry fatalities, higher costs for manufacturers on both sides. So you’ve got this tremendous pressure to continue to copy the EU.

“So the blunt, continuing down this road to mandate electric vehicles for everyone would be suicide and an appalling use of taxpayer money at this point.”

The channel added: “The problem that has taken precedence here, I fear, is losing face, having to admit that the millions of pounds that have been spent are going towards a route we are ultimately not going to go down.

“That is something no politician is going to want to do. But with pressure to stay aligned to the EU, a rapidly declining automotive industry. I would not be surprised to hear that engines are going to be here to stay beyond 2030 with the addition of sustainable fuel.“

It comes as Labour Party cabinet member David Lammy dismissed calls to rejoin the bloc as a “sixth form debate”.

“We have the opportunity of a lifetime to deliver on behalf of the British people. This is not a sixth form debate. It is delivery on behalf of the British people,” he said on Monday.

Asked what he meant by a sixth form debate, he replied: “Across the country in sixth forms, you can discuss what the position should be on Europe.”