英国可能在十年内终止销售汽油车和柴油车

据彭博新闻社2020年 7月17日伦敦报道，荷兰皇家壳牌公司预计，由于英国正在努力在本世纪中叶前减少碳排放，英国可能在十年内终止销售汽油车和柴油车。

国际石油巨头壳牌公司英国业务主管西尼德·林奇在全球职场社交平台领英上表示，如果有“正确的政策和激励措施”，这项禁令可以提前到2030年实施。这比英国首相鲍里斯·约翰逊今年2月设定的最后期限提前了5年，也超过了交通大臣格兰特·沙普斯所说的2032年可能实现的期限。

约翰逊政府时下正在寻求在下个十年中期前禁止销售由化石燃料驱动的新车，以确保到2050年碳排放达到净零。一个多世纪以来，石油公司一直依靠对汽车燃料的需求而发展壮大，现在它们预测汽油汽车将在不久的将来消失，这对石油行业来说是一个关键时刻。

欧洲最大的石油公司一直在为燃料需求放缓做准备，并越来越多地将注意力转向主要来自可再生能源的电力生产。壳牌公司及其竞争对手英国石油公司和道达尔公司都制定了自己的净零排放目标。

尽管如此，英国仍面临着对燃油动力汽车销售禁令的障碍。林奇说，英国政府需要继续提供激励措施，帮助消费者使用电动汽车。

李峻 编译自 彭博社

原文如下：

UK could ban non-electric new car sales by 2030, says Shell

Royal Dutch Shell expects the UK can end the sale of gasoline and diesel vehicles in just a decade, as the nation attempts to eliminate emissions by the middle of the century.

The ban can be brought forward to 2030 with “the right policy and incentives,” Sinead Lynch, the head of oil giant Shell’s operations in Britain said on LinkedIn. That’s five years earlier than the deadline set by Prime Minister Boris Johnson in February, and also beats the 2032 date that Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said may be possible to achieve.

Johnson’s government is seeking to ban the sale of new cars powered by fossil fuels by the middle of the next decade as it seeks to ensure net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. That oil companies, which have been built on the back of demand for automobile fuels for over a century, are predicting the end of gasoline cars in the near future is a pivotal moment for the industry.

Europe’s biggest oil companies have been preparing for a slowdown in fuels demand, and are increasingly turning their attention to electricity production, primarily from renewable sources. Shell and rivals BP Plc and Total SA have all set their own net-zero emission targets.

Still, there are hurdles for the UK achieving the ban on oil-fueled car sales. The government needs to continue providing incentives to help customers use electric vehicles, Lynch said.