The government wants to reduce the environmental damage of petrol and diesel engine cars and has taken measures to try to increase the sales of electric cars. As a student at Morton University, you have to write a report on the effectiveness of these measures in the Morton area. Use the information given below, which consists of a a graph showing sales of petrol and diesel cars against electric cars and a newspaper article.
In your report, you should:
- describe the main trends in the past seven years
- give possible reasons for the change in trends up to now (Year 7)
- say whether you agree with the predictions for the next three years.
The government has announced that 3 years from today, no new petrol and diesel-engine cars will be sold in the country. It was hoped that the £5,000 payment made to anyone who scrapped their old car and bought a new electric one would change purchasing patterns. But in the 4 years since the payments have been available, the change hasn’t happened fast enough