據彭博新聞社2020年 7月17日倫敦報道，荷蘭皇家殼牌公司預計，由于英國正在努力在本世紀中葉前減少碳排放，英國可能在十年內終止銷售汽油車和柴油車。

國際石油巨頭殼牌公司英國業務主管西尼德·林奇在全球職場社交平臺領英上表示，如果有“正確的政策和激勵措施”，這項禁令可以提前到2030年實施。這比英國首相鮑里斯·約翰遜今年2月設定的最后期限提前了5年，也超過了交通大臣格蘭特·沙普斯所說的2032年可能實現的期限。

約翰遜政府時下正在尋求在下個十年中期前禁止銷售由化石燃料驅動的新車，以確保到2050年碳排放達到凈零。一個多世紀以來，石油公司一直依靠對汽車燃料的需求而發展壯大，現在它們預測汽油汽車將在不久的將來消失，這對石油行業來說是一個關鍵時刻。

歐洲最大的石油公司一直在為燃料需求放緩做準備，并越來越多地將注意力轉向主要來自可再生能源的電力生產。殼牌公司及其競爭對手英國石油公司和道達爾公司都制定了自己的凈零排放目標。

盡管如此，英國仍面臨著對燃油動力汽車銷售禁令的障礙。林奇說，英國政府需要繼續提供激勵措施，幫助消費者使用電動汽車。

李峻 編譯自 彭博社

原文如下：

UK could ban non-electric new car sales by 2030, says Shell

Royal Dutch Shell expects the UK can end the sale of gasoline and diesel vehicles in just a decade, as the nation attempts to eliminate emissions by the middle of the century.

The ban can be brought forward to 2030 with “the right policy and incentives,” Sinead Lynch, the head of oil giant Shell’s operations in Britain said on LinkedIn. That’s five years earlier than the deadline set by Prime Minister Boris Johnson in February, and also beats the 2032 date that Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said may be possible to achieve.

Johnson’s government is seeking to ban the sale of new cars powered by fossil fuels by the middle of the next decade as it seeks to ensure net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. That oil companies, which have been built on the back of demand for automobile fuels for over a century, are predicting the end of gasoline cars in the near future is a pivotal moment for the industry.

Europe’s biggest oil companies have been preparing for a slowdown in fuels demand, and are increasingly turning their attention to electricity production, primarily from renewable sources. Shell and rivals BP Plc and Total SA have all set their own net-zero emission targets.

Still, there are hurdles for the UK achieving the ban on oil-fueled car sales. The government needs to continue providing incentives to help customers use electric vehicles, Lynch said.