Re: The UK mostly powered by coal?
"Post 2020, what sane car maker will spend £5bn developing a new ICE car for European markets?"
Unless something drastic happens to the range/charge time ration, anyone who wants to sell a car to customers who want to travel more than a few tens of miles at a time.
And if ICEs are totally banned (including ICE/electric hybrids) then the govt will have finally achieved the goal it's had for years: limiting the freedom of movement that the car brought to the masses.