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Cameron: Government must 'do more' to boost electric vehicle uptake
Date: 06 May 2013 | Author: Jack Carfrae
Prime minister David Cameron has pledged to better encourage the uptake of electric and low-emission cars in the UK.
Speaking during a local election campaign in Derbyshire, he said: "We've still got to do more to encourage really fuel-efficient cars. We've got to make sure the new generation of electric, hybrid cars come through.
"They are beginning to produce electric cars that can go a serious distance and actually then you are paying £5 or £10 a week to charge them, rather than a really high price at the pumps."
The prime minister also said he planned to stave off future hikes in fuel duty for as long as possible: "The truth is this: when we got in, the previous Government had set out a whole lot of plans for fuel duty increases.
"It was like a whole lot of unexploded bombs, which we have had to try and defuse.
"We have cancelled and delayed almost all of these fuel duty increases. We even cut fuel duty on one occasion.
"We will keep going to try and keep those fuel duty increases off, recognising that it is the really big bills that people really care about and want help with."
The coalition is expected to steer clear of any significant future increases in fuel duty for the duration of its parliament (until the next general election in 2015), unless wholesale fuel prices tail off.
