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Gordon Brown: Motorists should switch to electric cars and learn 'eco-driving'

by LotusFlower | July 8, 2008 at 11:50 pm | 128 views | add comment

Brown is making quite a number of evironmental style public service announcements. Be good to see these technologies embraced more widely - perhaps even the priministerial and presidential car convoys will consist of these cars soon... now that would be a good example to us all.

British motorists should exchange their petrol-driven cars for electric or hybrid vehicles and learn "eco-driving" techniques to cut CO2 emissions dramatically, according to Gordon Brown.

By 2020, the Prime Minister wants all new cars sold in Britain to be electric or hybrid vehicles producing less than 100 grams of carbon dioxide per kilometre. At the moment, the worst gas-guzzlers produce up to 500 grams per kilometre.

From September, all new drivers will have to pass practical "green" driving tests as part of a Government push to improve fuel efficiency for cars by 60 per cent over the next decade.

By advising motorists on their choice of car and driving style, Mr Brown left himself open to accusations of interfering in yet another area of people's lives just days after his controversial comments urging Britons not to waste food.