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The UK government is moving too quickly with its electric vehicle (EV) ambitions, according to BMW boss, Oliver Zipse. He’s voiced concerns that the industry will shrink, because the UK is miles away from having the charging infrastructure needed for the number of EVs likely to be on the road.

He has a point. Speaking from experience, the UK is covered with a patchwork quilt of services owned by oil companies and private equity investors with no obvious quality standards or cohesion. Some services are extremely good others frustratingly poor.

His solution would be to buy time by continuing to manufacture fossil fuel BMWs beyond the self-imposed foolishness of 2030. The EU, by comparison, is currently planning to impose its own ban in 2035; the same year when the UK will officially stop selling fossil fuel vehicles, disguised as new hybrids.