It takes a village
From "National Electric Vehicle Policy and Strategy Consultation"
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I think this is a wonderful goal for our island to aspire towards but I do believe it will not come easily nor without its challenges.
Government will need to involve discussions with all parties due to be affected by this change. Car dealers, TCD, Gas Stations + of course the public / car owners.
I believe a gradual change allow the current “choice” in car sales is a great place to start. We can’t expect to go from 0-100. Why not offer more incentive to the consumer ready to buy a new car: what can we do to sway them to buy electric? Those who can currently afford it should be swayed into this decision!
We need to START gaining zero emission clients now, before we turn it into the only option
Heavily discounted or free relicensing? Even if for the first 1-5 years? Offering duty free to auto dealers on electric models? So they can keep prices more competitive? A deal with BELCO for charging port set ups?
I am not sure what the answers are. But I do believe a push for consumer choice to electric needs to be higher before we can confidently say we will become completely zero emissions as an entire country
Thank you