Actor Rowan Atkinson questioned the environmental virtues of electric vehicles in a column. According to an environmentalist think tank, this position would have dissuaded many Britons from taking the plunge.
Atkinson is not a star like any other: before giving in to the call of comedy, the actor was destined for a career as an automobile engineer. In September, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak postponed the ban on the sale of thermal cars to 2035, a five-year delay from the date initially announced.