13/10/2018
This story seems to require some further investigation.
It states that the £2,500 rebate on the purchase of new plug in hybrid cars will be abolished altogether.
However, a few paragraphs later it states that: "To qualify, vehicles must have CO2 emissions of less than 50g/km and be able to travel at least 112 km (70 miles) without any CO2 exhaust emissions." So that suggests that hybrids will still qualify, but that the emission levels must be kept low and that the distance possible on electric only travel must increase. Currently, most of the plug in hybrid vehicles have a projected range of about 30 miles. So, changing the requirement so that such cars will have to be able to travel (theoretically*) 70 miles will mean that manufacturers will need to increase the battery capacity or efficiency of the cars in order to benefit from the rebate.
That actually seems quite reasonable.
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