Image © Shutterstock
The zero emission vehicle (ZEV) mandate – the government’s pathway towards all new cars and vans being zero emission by 2035 – is now law.
The zero emission vehicle (ZEV) mandate sets out the percentage of new zero emission cars and vans manufacturers will be required to produce each year up to 2030: 80% of new cars and 70% of new vans sold in Great Britain will now be zero emission by 2030, increasing to 100% by 2035.
This follows the decision taken by the Prime Minister to delay the ban on new diesel and petrol cars from 2030 to 2035.
Technology and Decarbonisation Minister Anthony Browne said:
Alongside us having spent more than £2 billion in the transition to electric vehicles, our zero emission vehicle mandate will further boost the economy and support manufacturers to safeguard skilled British jobs in the automotive industry.
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 new laws will help households make the switch to electric, supporting growth of EV sales in the second-hand market and incentivising charging to roll out more widely across the country.
The government’s schemes to lower the upfront and running costs of owning an EV includes the plug-in van grant of up to £2,500 for small vans and £5,000 for large vans until at least 2025 and £350 off the cost of homeplace chargepoints for people living in flats.
Latest statistics show that there has been a 41% increase in zero emission vehicles registered for the first time.
