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Owners of most ‘polluting’ vehicles will have to pay an annual fee

Number of petrol and diesel cars is predicted to see a drop of 16.6 million units by January 2030, new report suggests

The move will see all vehicles of the brand abandon petrol engines

BEVs recorded their third-highest ever monthly share of registrations at 9.1%, according to a new report

That is part of a £12bn ten-point plan announced by the Prime Minister to stimulate a ‘green industrial revolution’, which could create 250,000 jobs

The project, the first of a £1 billion nationwide network of electric forecourts, is planned to open before the end of the year

From April to June 2020, registrations of electrically-chargeable vehicles rose by 53.3% across the EU, according to the European Automobile Manufacturers Association

Over this period, petrol engines have seen a 40% decline, while diesel car sales have dropped by almost 60%

Over the same period, demand for diesel and petrol cars plummeted by 32.6% and 32.2% respectively

BEVs have increased their share of the car market almost 30-fold from 0.9% in April 2019 to 31.9% in April this year