Aston Martin's CEO has begun to distance himself from a questionable report the company released downplaying environmental harm of internal combustion engines in the wake of UK PM Boris Johnson's planned ban of all petrol car sales by 2030.
Tobias Moers took over Aston Martin back in August. Credit: Daimler / Daimler
Tobias Moers has promised the company will perform an internal review of the circumstances that led to the publication of the review, which experts have claimed is inaccurate.
One claim is that it takes 78,000km (48,000 miles) before electric vehicles are cleaner than traditional engines, which was reported by several outlets following the announcement of the prime minister's ban.
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Auke Hoekstra, a researcher at the Eindhoven University of Technology clarified the number was closer to 25,570km (16,000 miles).
He added the report underestimated the emissions from traditional combustion engines by about half and didn't take fuel production into consideration.
Moers claims the report conducted by Aston Martin and a few of its peers predated him joining the company back in August.
Aston Martin claims they contributed to the report in the hopes of finding the best way to achieve the UK government's proposed emissions targets without an outright ban on diesel and combustion engines.
In an emailed statement to Autonews, Moers said: "I am concerned about the media coverage relating to the recently published Decarbonisation of Road Transport report."
He added that the automaker is "dedicated to hybrid and battery-electric vehicles."
The ban on petrol and diesel cars would pose a serious threat to Aston Martin, who recently postponed the launch of an electric vehicle, the Lagonda marque, by three years to 2025 and paused work on its first battery-powered vehicle.
The other report signatories include Honda and McLaren.
The UK has joined the US state of California in making attempt to completely phase out combustion vehicles.
Other countries, such as China, seem to be letting the market take its course, as new electric vehicle sales are expected to occupy at least a 50% market share by 2030.
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Electric vehicle sales in Europe are set to have trebled by the end of 2020 as the race to cut carbon emission across the bloc.
They are set to comprise eight-out-of-ten car sales on the continent by 2050 even if two-thirds of the global automotive fleet will remain powered by petrol.
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