What is ‘Zero-Emission by 2050’ Plan?

December 8, 2015

The UK government has announced incentive schemes for FCEVs and Toyota is the first auto-maker to take advantage

The UK road minister has confirmed about £5,000 grant for plug-in cars which is a wonderful news for plug-in car buyers. According to the details of the news, the Toyota Mirai is the first electric vehicle to fall in the government plug-in car grant scheme. It’s a great news for Toyota and its brands ‘lovers’ in the UK.

Tier System

The new structure of the grant scheme will be introduced after February 2016, the scheme will be based on emission figures of vehicles, and it will include more fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEV). The new scheme will be based on “tier system” and it will replace existing   £5,000 grant for plug-in vehicles.

Hydrogen Fuel

The fundamental aim and purpose of the scheme is to encourage the use and development of hydrogen vehicles. The UK government has already devoted £ 7.5 million for the establishment of hydrogen refueling network. The government recent initiatives have sparked the competitions for plug-in cars. The leading automobile-manufacturer had planned to launch their FCEV models for the UK market.

Zero-Emission Goal

The government officials have announced that they are committed to achieve zero-emission goal by 2050. The government has announced to make every car and van zero-emission figures by 2050. It makes UK among the fastest growing market for EVs and FCEVs, and automobiles manufacturers are keen to capture the maximum market share.

Environmental Activists

The environmental activists argue that all these initiatives will play a crucial role in order to lower the carbon. The plug-in hybrid, fuel cell electric vehicles (FCVs) and battery electric vehicles will help to achieve the milestone of zero-emission in coming future. The government seems serious in order to replace traditional fuel vehicles as it made an investment announcement of another £500m over the course of next five years. The initiative will support and help the market and also encourage new-buyers to go for plug-in cars and vans.

Early Birds

Toyota and Hyundai are the early birds to announce their FCEVs and hydrogen fuel cell models in 2015 for the UK market. Honda will join the EVs race by 2016. Once the EVs models comply with the set standards and parameters, the models will become officially eligible to get the benefits of plug-in car grant scheme. However, Toyota Mirai is the first FCEV to be eligible for the plug-in car grant scheme. The new buyer of Toyota Mirai will have to pay £61,000 under the £5,000 plug-in car grand scheme.