The recent meeting of the SMMT EV Group in London revealed just how far the capital is from a plan let alone adequate action to prevent the 10,000 deaths yearly from vehicle emissions, now the top emissions killer. It is entirely self-imposed and preventable with buses, taxis and the like being major contributors due to their intensive use. We learned that, in only four days at the start of 2017, the year's legal emissions were made. The problem extends from acid gases to particulates and carbon dioxide doing the global warming. Nothing is under control. Schools are being built in London in four times the legal limit of toxic gas.

In a presentation by the Chief Executive of Addison Lee, we learnt how this service has the largest commercial fleet in Europe. It buys £25 million of cars yearly and would love to go electric but, with its point-to-point model typical of taxis and the like, it needs lots of en-route fast charging.