This paper explains what electric vehicles are and how successive governments have planned for infrastructure and provided vehicle grants and incentives to encourage and accommodate their growth. It also sets out how the electricity grid is preparing to accommodate any increased demand from EV charging and looks at comparative emissions from EVs and conventional vehicles.
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Sustainable development and the 2002 World Summit (489 KB, PDF)
Sustainable development and the 2002 World Summit. House of Commons Library Research Paper 02/55.
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Sustainable development and the 2002 World Summit (489 KB, PDF)
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