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As with climate, there’s always another Brexit scare story coming off the production line. This one comes via news agency AFP.
Britain risks a shortage of electric cars after Brexit as carmakers will lose an incentive to sell low-emission vehicles there, a Brussels-based think-tank warned.
Because British sales will no longer count towards carmakers’ EU carbon dioxide targets, they may choose to sell to other European countries instead, the Transport and Environment (T&E) group warned.
Britain was the third largest market for zero emission vehicles in the EU last year and the largest for plug-in hybrids, the group said in the report obtained by AFP.
“Carmakers may simply opt to dump their less efficient models in the UK market,” said Cecile Toubeau of T&E.
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