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New cars bought in the UK must be zero emission by 2035 (www.theregister.com)

submitted 10 months ago by boem@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] echodot@feddit.uk 10 points 10 months ago (6 children)

2030 would be an election year as were 2035 I don't think they'd want to push it back on an election year.

Anyway by the time 2035 rolls around a lot of cars will probably be electric already and it'll be less of an issue.

[–] KumaLumaJuma@feddit.uk 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Depends on whether or not there is a snap election this year…

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I'm fairly sure that even if there's a snap election this year the election after that will be in 2030. Doing it early will just hand the new government a few extra months of power, it doesn't calculate forward from the last election it's just every 5 years regardless of what else is going on.

[–] KumaLumaJuma@feddit.uk 1 points 10 months ago

A parliament has a maximum term of 5 years. Any change to the date of the next election will have a direct impact on the latest date of the next election.

https://www.parliament.uk/about/how/elections-and-voting/general/

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