Electric cars will be cheaper to buy, pledges Heidi Alexander

Transportation secretary told the BBC that the government would make it cheaper to buy an electric car.

However, when Heidi Alexander is asked by Laura Kuensberg on Sunday, he will not confirm whether he will encourage drivers to switch. A report in Telegraph These labor subsidies are preparing to announce £ 700 million.

Instead, it drew attention to a package of 25 million pounds to be allocated to the councils to fit the “cross -load gullies”, and facilitated a electric vehicle (home) to charge an electric vehicle (home) with £ 63 million to charge infrastructure to charge infrastructure.

The conservatives welcomed the investment, but the government accused the government to “buy expensive” houses “.

The average price of a new house in the UK is almost twice the cost of a typical gasoline car 22,000 £ 22,000 – Some Chinese brands begin to market electric cars 18,000 £ less.

“This week we will make some announcements about how we make people buy electric vehicles later this week,” Alexander told Laura Kuensberg on Sunday.

This will be in the form of subsidies financed by the taxpayer in the United States, as the reports suggested, Alexander refused to say twice later this week.

But he said: “I can guarantee that we will make your audience cheaper for those who want to switch to an electric vehicle.”

The Ministry of Transport refused to comment more.

Approximately one -fifth of the new cars sold in the first half of the year, electricity, Latest figures England Motor Trade Association SMMT.

However, sales remain well below the compulsory targets in which manufacturers were determined before the ban on selling new gasoline and diesel cars in 2030.

Alexander, Telegraph said that the high cost of electric vehicles makes people careful.

“It was right for the government to think about what we could do about the cost of taking both issues, charging and pre -purchasing costs in the tour.” He said.

However, Treasury Shadow Secretary Richard Fuller deputy, labor force “families before the country was ready to force more expensive electric vehicles” accused.

In addition to the price, hesitation to buy houses can often be called “range anxiety” – concern to stay out of charge without a nearby charging point.

He said that the government will invest in order to resist this £ 63 million to expand the number of charging points Through England.

Alexander said that money would go towards marking larger home charging centers in large A-Yols.

AA President Edmund King said that such movements were “vital” to rely on the transition to homes.

TV automobile journalist Quentin Wilson said that he was campaigning for improved signs two years ago and criticized the government for “doing so slowly”.

BBC told Breakfast: “There is much more to do the government, but they are not, and one of the reasons for the people on the front ben does not drive electric cars. They do not have them.”

When asked if there was an electric car, the transport secretary said that he lived in a house with a terrace without a car road.

“I don’t have an electric car,” he said. “Like millions of people in this country – I bought a new car about six years ago, I think of the next car I will buy, and it will definitely be an electric vehicle.”

For people who do not have a parking space – such as those who live in apartments or terrace houses blocks – it can be difficult to charge a house overnight, while the charging points on the street can be much more expensive than charging from a network socket.

In April, Alexander announced that manufacturers will have. More flexibility in annual targets and face lower fines to allow them to manage the impact of trade tariffs from the USA.