This is Scotland’s £60m plan to end petrol and diesel car sales by 2032
That’s eight years ahead of the UK Government’s deadline.
Scotland’s drive towards greener motoring is being backed by a new £60 million innovation fund.
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has set a target of phasing out the sale of new petrol and diesel cars and vans by 2032 – eight years ahead of the UK Government’s deadline.
The funding covering the period up to 2020 is one of a number of different measures by the Scottish Government to help achieve that aim.
Offering financial incentives for motorists to make the switch to electric and other low emission vehicles could also be “certainly possible as part of this process”, Sturgeon said.
The creation of the innovation fund also signals to experts and industry leaders that “Scotland is the place to do your research, to make your innovations, to manufacture your product”, she added.
Scotland’s first low emission zone will be in place by the end of next year, with each of the country’s four largest cities to have such an area by 2020.
It means the Scottish Government will have to invest in rapid-charging infrastructure across the country in the next five years.
“The vehicles to be included in, or be exempt from, LEZs will be for individual local authorities to decide, but could include freight, taxis, buses and private motor vehicles,” he said.
“The consultation also seeks views on issues such as lead-in times, operating hours and enforcement.”
