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Subsidising e-bikes instead of cars could really kick the electric vehicle transition into high gear

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par Noel Flay Cass, Research Fellow in Energy Demand Behaviour, University of Leeds

If you’re thinking of buying a new electric car worth up to £37,000, the UK government has offered to knock up to £3,750 off the price. The measure adds up to £650 million in grants for people to buy EVs (electric vehicles), but as a researcher who studies transport policy and climate change, I think this money would be better spent subsidising e-bikes.

Numerous questions surround the new government policy. Might people who can afford a new car

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