MANY drivers are considering switching to an electric car, but the battery-powered option might not be as green as you think.
Under current government plans, EVs will be the only kind of new car that motorists will be allowed to buy after 2035.
Electric cars obviously don’t have exhaust pipes, which means unlike petrol and diesel vehicles, they don’t produce polluting fumes when they are driven.
However, battery-powered cars are only as clean as the electricity used to charge them.
According to official figures, Britain still derived 40.3 per cent of its electricity from fossil fuels in 2022, the Mail reports.