English: Thank you, Deputy Presiding Officer. I thank the Business Committee for giving me the opportunity to make this legislative proposal today. I drove my first electric car back in 2009 in China. I was filming in the BYD company factory - a company that was established in 1995 that develops batteries, and that claims to be the biggest manufacturer of electric cars in the world. They sold 100,000 electric cars last year, and there is a chance that many people listening to this haven't heard of BYD, and I think that is characteristic or symptomatic of the relationship between Wales and electric cars. There are major developments happening in this area, but they're not known by people in Wales. Yes, there are some electric cars around the place, but they're still rare. There are some hybrid cars, but we're not talking about those today - they still have engines burning petrol and diesel that pollute the environment. But in a matter of a few decades this will all change. There are long-term pledges starting to emerge already to get rid of the diesel and petrol engines entirely. The UK and French Governments have mentioned 2040, for example, as a target to aim for. But the choice for us in Wales is now clear. We can wait for the electric car revolution to happen to us, or we can try and lead that change - prepare the way, and try to encourage the people of Wales to take a lead on this, which will be inevitable anyway, ultimately. What I'm proposing is legislation that would be a step forward towards ensuring the kind of infrastructure that we will need to charge these electric vehicles, in order to make it easier for people to choose this new technology.
Welsh: Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. Diolch i'r Pwyllgor Busnes am roi'r cyfle imi wneud y cynnig deddfwriaethol yma heddiw. Mi yrrais i gar trydan gyntaf yn ôl yn 2009. Yn Tsieina oeddwn i yn ffilmio yn ffatri cwmni BYD - cwmni a gafodd ei sefydlu yn 1995 yn datblygu batris, ac sy'n hawlio rŵan i fod y gwneuthurwr cerbydau trydan mwyaf yn y byd. Mi werthon nhw dros 100,000 o gerbydau trydan y llynedd, ac mae yna siawns go lew bod lot o bobl sy'n gwrando ar hyn erioed wedi clywed am BYD. Ac rydw i'n meddwl bod hynny'n nodwedd o berthynas Cymru efo cerbydau trydan. Mae yna ddatblygiadau mawr yn digwydd yn y maes yma, ond nid ydynt yn hysbys iawn i bobl yng Nghymru. Oes, mae yna ambell gar trydan o gwmpas, ond maen nhw'n dal yn brin. Mae yna dipyn o hybrids, ond nid dyna rydym ni'n siarad amdano fo - mae'r rheini'n dal ag injans yn llosgi diesel neu betrol sy'n llygru'r amgylchedd. Ond mewn mater o ychydig ddegawdau, mi fydd hyn i gyd yn newid. Mae yna addewidion hirdymor yn dechrau amlygu eu hunain yn barod i gael gwared ar beiriannau petrol a diesel yn llwyr. Mae llywodraethau Prydain a Ffrainc yn crybwyll 2040, er enghraifft, fel targed i anelu ato. Ond mae'r dewis i ni yng Nghymru rŵan yn glir iawn. Mi allwn ni aros i'r chwyldro cerbydau trydan ddigwydd i ni, neu mi allwn ni drio arwain y newid - paratoi y ffordd a thrio annog pobl Cymru i gadw ar y blaen i'r hyn a fydd yn anochel yn y pen draw beth bynnag. Beth rydw i'n ei gynnig ydy deddfwriaeth a fyddai'n gam pendant tuag at sicrhau y math o isadeiledd fydd ei angen i wefru'r ceir trydan, er mwyn ei gwneud hi'n haws i bobl benderfynu dewis y dechnoleg newydd yma.