MORE than half of drivers think the 2030 petrol and diesel car ban should be moved back or scrapped.
They believe it is too soon to push through the swap to electric vehicles.
GettyMore than half of drivers think the 2030 petrol and diesel car ban should be moved back or scrapped[/caption]
Their worries include the higher cost of EVs and a shortage of chargers.
A total of 54 per cent think the date should be pushed back or ditched, a Savanta poll for the Alliance of British Drivers found.
And six in ten in favour of the ban want it pushed back by ten years or more.
Half of drivers say they pay too much on vehicle tax, fuel tax, congestion fees and emissions charges.
Brian Gregory, from the alliance, said: “Drivers do not want their options restricted nor do they believe a ban should be imposed as early as 2030.
“It is also clear the Chancellor needs to reconsider the punitive tax measures levied on motorists.”
MP Craig MacKinlay, of Fair Fuel, added: “The ban did not make sense when announced, and does not make sense now.”
The Department for Transport said: “We’ve put more than £2billion into helping motorists transition to electric vehicles and remain committed to phasing out new petrol and diesel cars and vans by 2030.”
Price pain on diesel
DIESEL drivers are paying 20p more a litre than petrol users — despite the wholesale price being only 6p higher, analysis suggests.
The findings came from RAC Fuel Watch.
The RAC’s Simon Williams said: “Diesel drivers have every right to feel hard done by.”