“We estimate that the portion of the global car market covered by a commitment to phase out petrol and diesel cars has increased by 50%.

There remains more to be done - and we encourage every country that did not sign this commitment, in particular Germany, the USA and China, to set a date to end the sale of polluting cars.”

The UK government has chosen to announce the phase out of sales of petrol and diesel cars at just the right time. We are at a Goldilocks moment: just when EVs are becoming affordable, but before they become so cheap that we remain stuck in the past with the sharply declining technology of combustion engines. What does this mean for drivers?