Debunking the myths around electric vehicles (‘Insights’, series 1 - episode 2)

The Green Alliance Podcast

Green Alliance

Environment, Uk, Farming, Green Alliance, News, Sustainability, Society & Culture, Government

4.9 • 34 Ratings

🗓️ 23 March 2020

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Are the UK's targets for electric vehicles realistic? What are the policies needed to encourage more people to buy them? Is the car industry calling the shots? Listen to this episode for the answers and to debunk the myths around electric vehicles.

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0:00.0	We are very excited to be relaunching the Green Alliance podcast with a brand new six-part series called Insights.
0:18.4	Each episode, you can tune into an insightful conversation between two leading voices
0:22.4	in the sector, a chat between one of our own Green Alliance experts and a specialist guest
0:27.0	speaker. They'll provide you with environmental expertise on political and policy developments,
0:32.7	a chance to dive into current environmental topics.
0:39.3	Welcome to the Green Alliance podcast.
0:44.0	We are the charity and think tank that is all about achieving ambitious leadership for the environment.
0:45.8	My name is Chitanya Kumar.
0:48.6	I work as the head of climate and energy here at Green Alliance.
0:56.6	And for this podcast, I've got a very interesting and exciting guest, Greg Archer, who is the UK director for the think tank transport environment.
0:58.3	Greg, welcome to the podcast.
0:59.6	Thanks for asking me.
1:00.8	I'm Greg Archer.
1:04.4	Transport and Environment is mainly based in Brussels and it mainly works on European regulations to do with fuels and vehicles
1:09.5	and also planes and shipping. But we've now
1:12.7	got a UK office and I'm working directly on UK policy in terms of how we can achieve our
1:19.1	net zero goals in transport and clean up the air. This is the second episode of our podcast series
1:24.8	and on this episode we'll be talking all about electric vehicles.
1:28.5	Our government's targets feasible, what policies are needed to support the uptake of electric
1:33.0	vehicles and is the car industry way too influential. These are some of the topical issues we'll
1:38.6	discuss with our guest Greg Archer. So we're here to talk about electric vehicles. This is something that is you've been
1:47.5	working on for a number of years. You've now sort of trained your eyes on UK policy and UK regulation
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