Recommendation 8

The ideal solution may be to allow automotive companies to fix the problem and provide the solution by applying the right mix of technologies. Plugin hybrids (petrol and diesel) offer the best options when in urban areas they can make a switch to electric propulsion on entry (such as at low emission zones) or pay the charge and revert back to ICE (on sustainable/synthetic fuels) propulsion if required. They can also utilise such ICE propulsion outside of urban environments where they are very efficient and ‘cleaner’ over long distances and/or at higher average speeds, and hence ‘range anxiety’ becomes a thing of the past. (Paragraph 53) Road