Europe has decided to introduce a de facto ban on new cars with petrol and diesel engines from 2035, while the UK has just confirmed that it will move the deadline to 2030. This decision was announced, and today Prime Minister Keir Starmer said that it will not be withdrawals.
Namely, car manufacturers, worried about the decline in demand for electric vehicles in Europe, asked for more time. Rishi Sunak’s conservative government has questioned the decision to ban petrol and diesel vehicles by 2030, which was made under the leadership of Boris Johnson. Still, Starmer is moving forward resolutely.
In the meantime, it also happened that Chinese cars outsold the Fiat brand in Great Britain in October. There are many reasons for this, and one of them is the so-called ZEV mandate, by which the UK stipulates that car manufacturers must achieve a 22% share of electric car sales this year.
As a result, manufacturers have been forced to grant discounts they consider “unsustainable” in order to meet the target, and in October the share of BEVs (battery electric vehicles) among new cars reached 21%, according to SMMT data.
The ZEV mandate envisages that the share of sold new cars with electric drive will increase and reach 100% by 2030. Otherwise, penalties follow. They can amount to up to £15,000 for each vehicle exceeded, and manufacturers can buy a ‘quora’ from other compliant manufacturers, also at a cost of £15,000.
This is why the automotive industry appealed to the government to reintroduce the incentives for the purchase of electric cars, which were abolished by Sunak’s government. However, there are currently no government subsidies in the UK…
Source: www.magazinauto.com
