Abstract
In 2017, the Scottish Government announced its plans to ease concerns about the transport sector’s impact on climate change and air quality, pledging to phase out new petrol and diesel vehicles by 2032 ahead of the rest of the UK, which is due to follow by 2040.
Although this new policy will bring the issue of green transport closer than ever to consumers, questions have since been raised about how new low-carbon mobility solutions — particularly a massive increase in the uptake of electric vehicles (EVs) — can be delivered in a little over a decade.
Organised by the IET, the ICE and Scottish Renewables, ‘Transforming Transport: Getting From A to EV’, an afternoon event held at The Studio in Glasgow in February 2019, assembled a trio of expert speakers at the forefront of the transition to Ultra Low Emission Vehicles (ULEVs).
In this video, filmed on the day of the event, we ask these experts about the challenges that will need to be overcome in order to meet the 2032 target.
