Renault's chief executive is another big name in the car industry to cast doubt on the transition to electric cars in the next decade, warning that sales are not in “the right trajectory“.
We will recall that Labor is expected to bring forward the ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars in the UK by another five years - to 2030, and as we know in Europe the proposed date for car manufacturers to switch completely to electric cars it is the year 2035.
But Luca De Meo, the head of Renault, warned that customers were not ready to switch to battery-powered vehicles and called for “more flexibility in the schedule”.
It comes just after Ford said its own plans to become an electric-only brand from 2030 were “too ambitious” and Fiat confirmed it had changed its plans to make the 500 electric-only because of -old drivers don't want electric cars.
Renault chief executive Luca De Meo said the 2035 deadline to reach 100% electric new cars was unrealistic and called for “more flexibility” in the schedule for switching to electric cars.
And while a change in the British government is expected to prompt Keir Starmer's Labor Party to bring forward the ban on sales of new petrol and diesel models by five years to 2030, Europe's 2035 deadline is now in doubt.