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<\/p>\nWith environmental matters still dominating international news, India is making cross-continental headlines recently. India\u2019s government has decided that from 2030 onwards, every car sold in the country will be electric. It\u2019s definitely a bold move, and one certain to have far reaching implications \u2013 not just for India, but for other nations too. So, what\u2019s going on?<\/p>\n
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India has a couple of reasons for such an ambitious move. The first and foremost one is a big problem; it\u2019s to do with its air quality (something we\u2019re pretty concerned about here in Britain, too<\/u>). And when we say a big problem, we mean it. Estimates by Greenpeace put the annual death toll at about 1.2 million \u2013 in other words, almost as many people as those who die from cigarette smoke.<\/p>\n
The move to electric cars is projected to cut India\u2019s carbon emissions by 37% by 2030. We love that sort of news here at Scrap Car Network \u2013 not only is that great news for the environment, but in all likelihood it\u2019ll save a lot of Indian lives, too.<\/p>\n
And there are other reasons we\u2019re going to eventually see more electric cars running through India\u2019s scrap car processes. At the moment India is the world\u2019s third largest oil importer, and it costs the country $150 million each year. Making the move to electric cars, on the other hand, would save India $60 billion in energy costs, while at the same time cutting down on costs for the average Indian car buyer too. We\u2019re not surprised that the Indian people see that as a win-win!<\/p>\n
The Indian government has gone on record as saying that they\u2019re going to give the initiative financial support for the first two or three years, but after that the electric car market will be driven (if you\u2019ll pardon the pun) by demand.<\/p>\n
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We\u2019ve actually covered the UK\u2019s electric vehicle industry<\/a> before \u2013 but that was almost six months ago now, and the numbers have moved on a bit since then. Shortly after we wrote that article, the number of new electric cars registered in the UK hit a 12-year high. There are now over 100,000 of them zipping across Britain\u2019s roads, and they now represent 1.5% of the total new car market in the UK. Charging them won\u2019t be a problem either \u2013 there are now 12,760 charge points in locations across the country. We\u2019re on the road to progress!<\/p>\n Having said that though, we\u2019ve still got a long way to go yet. As a nation, this year we\u2019ve already celebrated a historically low level of carbon emissions. However, that\u2019s largely been due to the decline of the coal industry, rather than massive steps where transport emissions are concerned. It\u2019s still a top priority for the UK government though, and with a recent push to improve air quality across the country (especially in major cities), we\u2019ve definitely got our eyes on all the right prizes, environmentally speaking. We just need to keep pushing ourselves in the right direction.<\/p>\n Well, it sort of does and sort of doesn\u2019t. Petrol cars, diesel cars, electric cars \u2013 we\u2019ll scrap any car here at Scrap Car Network, so in that sense, nothing changes. We\u2019re hot on environmental initiatives though, and always have been. Every car that we process goes through a rigorous checking procedure, as we strip it right down to its skeleton to hunt for anything that can be reused, resold, or otherwise saved from the scrap heap. That way, we help cut down on unnecessary waste while extending the service life of the components themselves, giving a little something back to the local economy as we do it.<\/p>\n It\u2019s not much, but you know what they say \u2013 every little helps! Our environmental stance really affects how we do business here at Scrap Car Network, but it\u2019s not the only worthy cause we\u2019re involved in.<\/p>\n You can read more about other reasons to choose us here<\/a>, or if you want to get started on scrapping your car<\/a> right away, just enter your car registration and postcode onto our homepage, and let\u2019s get cracking!<\/p>\nHow Does This Affect The Service From Scrap Car Network?<\/h3>\n