The UK government has welcomed new legislation – coming into force today – which sets out the latest rules for car manufacturers in the UK’s journey towards net zero emissions by 2035.
The Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) mandate highlights the required percentages of zero emission cars and vans manufacturers will need to produce for the next 11 years.
In order to achieve net zero emissions by 2035, the ZEV sets out that 10% of vans and 22% of cars sold by manufacturers will need to be electric this year.
Increasing each year, the targets require 80% of new cars and 70% of new vans sold in Great Britain to be emission-free by 2030, growing to 100% by 2035.
Technology and decarbonisation minister, Anthony Browne, said:
“We are providing investment certainty for the charging sector to expand our charging network which has already grown by 44% since this time last year. This will support the constantly growing number of EVs in the UK, which currently account for over 16% of the new UK car market.”
The original deadline for zero emission vehicles-only in Great Britain was 2030, until it was moved back to 2035 by UK government in September last year.
If manufacturers fail to reach these targets they will be subject to fines – £15,000 is required per polluting vehicle sold above the limits.
With the newly-required zero emission vehicles flooding the market, experts have voiced concerns over the effect the mandate may have on the automotive manufacturing supply chain.
Vauxhall boss James Taylor stated his pre-meditations on the new legislation, as reported by CarDealer:
“What’s going to be fascinating is will everyone be in the same position? Will ICE pricing get more expensive next year and will supply of ICEs be reduced?”
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