Brown wants UK to go electric
July 14th 2008 11:22
From the Herald, Glasgow, Scotland.
Gordon Brown yesterday spoke of his desire to see Britain become a major centre for the mass production of electric cars in a drive to reduce the nation's dependency on oil.
Speaking at the inaugural summit of the Union for the Mediterranean in Paris, the Prime Minister noted how 70% of Europe's oil consumption was from transport, which underlined the need for the EU to push ahead with mandatory emission standards for new cars.
However, he explained that to drive innovation in the car industry an emissions target for 2012 was not sufficient but, rather, one for 2020 was needed to match those in the rest of the energy-reduction package.
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