If you read the newspapers, it’s been hard to miss the negative electric car commentary that has gained plenty of column inches.
A distinct anti-EV agenda has dominated news pages recently – in the Daily Mail, The Sun and the Daily Telegraph – but is the rhetoric justified?
The negative media coverage of electric vehicles was led by a week-long series of articles in the Daily Mail.
It included front pages with headlines including ‘Put Brakes On Damaging 2030 Petrol Car Ban’ and ‘Proof Politicians Are Out Of Touch On Electric Cars’.
Even yesterday the Mail ran an article about why ‘electric cars are not as green as you think’.
The coverage has led some to question the motivations behind the papers’ headlines, with EV lobby group Fair Charge UK’s spokesman Quentin Willson describing it as ‘an incredible tirade’ and openly questioning what had triggered such ‘relentless negativity’.
In a series of exclusive interviews for this article, Car Dealer spoke to protagonists from all sides to ascertain their motivations.
Ray Massey, Daily Mail motoring editor, pointed Car Dealer to an editorial column he had written explaining his position when asked for comment.
He wrote: “The government’s blind insistence on banning new petrol and diesel cars by 2030 – and all hybrids by 2035 – is nothing short of bonkers.
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