Description
The webinar by Klimaatakkoord.nl debated on the need to become more sustainable much faster. The climate targets are not yet within reach, the growth and cost reduction of electric cars is stalling and not everyone can afford such a car yet. Yet some of the speakers envision a 'whole country driving electric', even during this lifetime. Floor Alkemade and Auke Hoekstra joined the debate.Although the Netherlands is 'world champion of charging stations' with the highest density per 1,000 inhabitants and has shown strong growth in numbers of electric cars in recent years. Auke Hoekstra also stresses the necessity for change: “Keeping a charging station occupied for three days when your car has long since been charged? Just put a tariff on it, and you'll learn to ignore it. Many people only charge their cars once every three days. A mileage tax only in 2030? Nothing, track-and-trace with GPS boxes in the car can be done much more quickly and easily than Italy or France, for example. And his prediction of when the electric car will become cheaper than the petrol car? "That will probably be somewhere from 2026 onwards…. We will need a transition period of fifteen years. But by 2030 you can't get rid of a petrol car here."
| Period | 25 Feb 2022 |
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| Event title | Webinar Duurzame mobiliteit: tussen scepsis en optimisme |
| Event type | Other |