Uhulumeni ulususile ngokusemthethweni uxhaso luka-£1,500 obeluhlelelwe ukusiza abashayeli ukuthi bakwazi ukukhokhela izimoto zikagesi. Isibonelelo sikahulumeni sePlug-In Car (PICG) sesigcine sihoxisiwe ngemuva kweminyaka engu-11 yethulwa, uMnyango wezokuThutha (DfT) uthi usugxile “ekuthuthukiseni ukushajwa kwezimoto zikagesi”.
Lapho uhlelo lwethulwa, abashayeli bangathola imali engafika ku-£5,000 ezindlekweni zemoto exubile kagesi noma ye-plug-in. Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, lolu hlelo lwabuyiselwa emuva kwaze kwaba yilapho ukuncipha kwentengo ka-£1,500 kuphela kutholakala kuphela kubathengi bezimoto ezintsha zikagesi (ama-EV) ezibiza ngaphansi kuka-£32,000.
Manje uhulumeni usenqume ukuyichitha ngokuphelele i-PICG, ethi lesi sinyathelo sincike “empumelelweni yoguquko lwezimoto zikagesi zase-UK”. Ngokuqhubeka kwe-PICG, i-DfT eyichaza njengesinyathelo “sesikhashana,” uhulumeni uthi usesebenzise u-£1.4 billion futhi “weseka ukuthengwa kwezimoto ezihlanzekile ezicishe zibe ingxenye yesigidi”.
Kodwa-ke, lesi sibonelelo sisazohlonishwa kulabo abathenge imoto ngaphambi nje kwesimemezelo, kanti u-£300 million usatholakala ukuze uxhase abathengi bamatekisi, izithuthuthu, amaveni, amaloli kanye nezimoto ezihamba ngezihlalo ezinamasondo. Kodwa i-DfT iyavuma ukuthi manje izogxila ekutshalweni kwezimali kwingqalasizinda eshajayo, eyichaza “njengesithiyo” esibalulekile ekuthathweni kwezimoto zikagesi.
"Uhulumeni uyaqhubeka nokutshala izimali ezirekhodiwe ekushintsheni kuma-EVs, ajovwe ngo-£2.5 billion kusukela ngo-2020, futhi usebeke izinsuku ezibaluleke kakhulu zokuqeda ukuthengiswa kukadizili nophethiloli kunoma yiliphi izwe elikhulu," kusho ungqongqoshe wezokuthutha uTrudy Harrison. “Kodwa uxhaso lukahulumeni kumele ngaso sonke isikhathi lutshalwe lapho lunomthelela omkhulu khona uma leyo mpumelelo izoqhubeka.
“Njengoba sesiqale ngempumelelo imakethe yezimoto zikagesi, manje sesifuna ukusebenzisa izibonelelo ukuze sihambisane naleyo mpumelelo kuzo zonke ezinye izinhlobo zezimoto, kusukela ematekisini kuya kumaveni okuthutha nakho konke okuphakathi, ukusiza ukwenza uhambo lokushintshela ku-zero emission lushibhile futhi lube lula. Njengoba izigidigidi zokutshalwa kwezimali kukahulumeni nezimboni ziqhubeka nokungena ezinguqukweni zikagesi zase-UK, ukuthengiswa kwezimoto zikagesi kuyanda.”
Kodwa-ke umphathintambo wenhlelo zeRAC umnumnzana Nicholas Lyes uthi inhlanganiso le idanile ngesinqumo sikahulumende esithi intengo yehle iyadingeka ukuze abatshayeli bangene ezimoteni zikagetsi.
“Ukwamukela kwe-UK izimoto zikagesi kuyamangaza kuze kube manje,” esho, “kodwa ukuze sizenze zifinyeleleke kuwo wonke umuntu, sidinga ukuba amanani ehle. Ukuba nokunye okuningi emgwaqeni kungenye yezindlela ezibalulekile zokwenza lokhu kwenzeke, ngakho siphoxekile ukuthi uhulumeni ukhethe ukuqeda lesi sibonelelo okwamanje. Uma izindleko zihlala ziphezulu kakhulu, isifiso sokufaka abantu abaningi ezimotweni zikagesi sizofiphala.”
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Jun-22-2022