![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/huge-blow-for-ev-drivers-who-forked-out-10000s-for-new-motors-after-rishi-sunak-bins-petrol-car-ban/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/dsc_2287-JS846401369.jpg&description=FULLY CHARGED Huge blow for EV drivers who forked out £10,000s for new motors after Rishi Sunak bins petrol car ban EV drivers who forked out tens of thousands of pounds for new cars have been dealt a huge blow. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak last night revealed the hated ban on new petrol and diesel cars will be delayed by five years until 2035. 2 EV drivers have been dealt a blow after investing in new cars 2 Rishi Sunak revealed a ban on diesel and petrol cars would be delayed Speaking from Downing Street, the MP hailed The Sun's Give Us A Brake campaign as he tore up expensive net zero policies. It comes after drivers splashed out large chunks of cash on new EV motors to try to fit in with the 2030 plan. Calls for an change came at a time when Brits were already struggling with money, with hopes the ban could be pushed until the nation is prepared and drivers can afford the switch to electric vehicles. An now, less than two months after the Government announced it wanted the country to be net zero by 2050, it backtracked on the plans - to the delight of Brits. Mr Sunak last night promised that he's still committed to achieving net zero by 2050 - but he vowed he won't burden drivers with huge green transition costs. The PM said: "I'm not saying there will be no hard choices, and nor am I abandoning any of our targets and commitments. "But there's nothing ambitious about simply asserting a goal for a short-term headline without being honest with the public about the tough choices and sacrifices involved and without any meaningful democratic debate about how we get there." Mr Sunak heaped praise on The Sun for pleading with ministers not to force unaffordable green transition costs on hard-up households. He said: "What I'm focused on today is something that that The Sun in particular has been campaigning on for a long time. "It's finding a fair proportional and pragmatic way to deliver net zero while bringing the country along with us and that's what we're delivering t){kind=link}
EV drivers who forked out tens of thousands of pounds for new cars have been dealt a huge blow.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak last night revealed the hated ban on new petrol and diesel cars will be delayed by five years until 2035.
Speaking from Downing Street, the MP hailed The Sun’s Give Us A Brake campaign as he tore up expensive net zero policies.
It comes after drivers splashed out large chunks of cash on new EV motors to try to fit in with the 2030 plan.
Calls for an change came at a time when Brits were already struggling with money, with hopes the ban could be pushed until the nation is prepared and drivers can afford the switch to electric vehicles.