Reported in The Guardian today:
London slow to become the 'electric car capital of Europe' | Environment | guardian.co.uk
Gosh, I wonder which politician that could be:
Nearly three years ago, the mayor of London told fellow international mayors in Seaul that he would ensure 100,000 electric vehicles were in London "as soon as possible". But the London assembly's environment committee found that since Johnson's announcement, only 588 extra electric cars were registered in London. There are now 2,313 electric cars in the capital, just 0.08% of the city's total 3m cars.
So, it looks as if you can have big ideas and then find the public don't want to pay considerably more of a car in the middle of a terrible recession. Who'd have thought it? Now, back to planning that wonderful airport ...