Gwamnati ta cire tallafin fam 1,500 a hukumance da aka tsara don taimakawa direbobi su sami motocin lantarki. Kyautar Plug-In Car (PICG) a ƙarshe an soke shi shekaru 11 bayan ƙaddamar da shi, tare da Ma'aikatar Sufuri (DfT) tana mai da'awar "mayar da hankali" yanzu akan "inganta cajin motocin lantarki".
Lokacin da aka ƙaddamar da tsarin, direbobi za su iya karɓar har zuwa £ 5,000 daga farashin abin hawa mai haɗaɗɗen lantarki ko toshe. Yayin da lokaci ya ci gaba, an daidaita tsarin har sai an sami raguwar farashin fam 1,500 kawai don masu siyan sabbin motocin lantarki (EVs) waɗanda ke ƙasa da £32,000.
Yanzu gwamnati ta yanke shawarar kawar da PICG gaba daya, tana mai cewa matakin ya ragu zuwa "nasara a juyin juya halin motoci na Burtaniya". A tsawon lokacin da PICG, wanda DfT ya bayyana a matsayin "ma'auni" na wucin gadi, gwamnati ta yi iƙirarin cewa ta kashe fam biliyan 1.4 kuma "ta goyi bayan sayan kusan kusan rabin miliyan motoci masu tsabta".
Sai dai kuma har yanzu za a karrama tallafin ga wadanda suka sayi abin hawa jim kadan kafin sanarwar, kuma har yanzu akwai fam miliyan 300 don tallafa wa masu siyan tasi-tasi, babura, manyan motoci, manyan motoci da keken guragu. Sai dai DfT ta yarda cewa yanzu za ta mayar da hankali kan saka hannun jari wajen cajin ababen more rayuwa, wanda ta bayyana a matsayin mabuɗin "shamaki" ga ɗaukar motocin lantarki.
"Gwamnati na ci gaba da sanya hannun jari a cikin sauye-sauye zuwa EVs, tare da allurar fam biliyan 2.5 tun daga 2020, kuma ta sanya mafi kyawun kwanan watan fitar da sabbin dizal da man fetur na kowace babbar ƙasa," in ji ministan sufuri Trudy Harrison. “Amma dole ne a sanya kudaden gwamnati a ko da yaushe a inda ya fi tasiri idan ana son ci gaba da wannan nasarar.
"Bayan nasarar fara kasuwancin motocin lantarki, yanzu muna son yin amfani da tallafin plug-in don dacewa da wannan nasarar a kan sauran nau'ikan abubuwan hawa, daga tasi zuwa motocin jigilar kaya da duk abin da ke tsakanin, don taimakawa wajen canza yanayin fitar da hayaki mai sauƙi da sauƙi. Tare da biliyoyin zuba jari na gwamnati da na masana'antu da ake ci gaba da zubawa a cikin juyin juya halin wutar lantarki na Burtaniya, sayar da motocin lantarki yana karuwa."
Sai dai shugaban tsare-tsare na RAC Nicholas Lyes, ya ce kungiyar ta ji takaicin matakin da gwamnati ta dauka, yana mai cewa rage farashin ya zama dole ga direbobi su canza sheka zuwa motoci masu amfani da wutar lantarki.
"Kwancewar da Burtaniya ta yi na amfani da motocin lantarki yana da ban sha'awa sosai," in ji shi, "amma domin samun damar su ga kowa da kowa, muna bukatar farashin ya fadi. Samun ƙarin kan hanya hanya ce mai mahimmanci don tabbatar da hakan, don haka mun ji takaicin gwamnati ta zaɓi kawo ƙarshen tallafin a wannan lokacin. Idan har farashi ya yi yawa, burin shigar da yawancin mutane cikin motocin lantarki zai lalace."
Lokacin aikawa: Juni-22-2022