Government to push ahead with ZEV Mandate consultation Business secretary Jonathan Reynolds has told the motor manufacturing industry that the government will push ahead with a short consultation on the ZEV Mandate, following discussions last week. It comes after Reynolds told MPs in front of the parliamentary Business and Trade Select Committee yesterday that he didn't believe the ZEV Mandate was working. Later, he told the SMMT annual trade dinner that the government had heard the sector "loud and clear" and would be launching a short consultation on the scheme. It came at the same time as Stellantis announced plans to shut its Luton plant and move some operations and roles to its Ellesmere Port factory in Cheshire, where it plans to invest £50m. Read the full story on the Transport + Energy: https://lnkd.in/eZxBhaR6 Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), Department for Transport (DfT), United Kingdom, Department for Business and Trade, Jonathan Reynolds MP, Paul Hollick, Association of Fleet Professionals (AFP), Octopus Energy, Fiona Howarth, ChargeUK, Dan Caesar, Ben Kilbey, Rory Sutherland, FairCharge, Quentin Willson
Another case of those with the biggest pockets & the loudest voice being listened to rather than the pursuit of what is the right long term strategy for the nation. What is the plan? 2030...2035....back to 2030....now where. The EV charging sector is looking to commit billions of £'s in investment but needs certainty in policy to enable this to happen. This procrastination will put businesses in the sector at risk as investors hesitate.
Interesting - and yet still not progress in returning control over the statutory authority established by the Climate Change Committee, or that Ministers should be prescribed to use video conferencing rather than endure the torture of travelling to tourist jamborees for the annual climate change holiday.
Transport + Energy the UK government (past and present) do not understand the real issue here. The real issue is NOT the ZEV mandate. The real issue is the lack of support from the government to help OEMs realise the critical ZEV targets: * UK government pulled the plug on PiCG far too early * UK government moved the goal post on ICE ban to 2035 * UK government scores 1/10 on combating the widespread anti-EV information * despite desperate calls from the UK EV industry/ OEMs to provide support, the UK government did nothing. The failure is the government. It must now not fail again by backtracking on the ZEV mandate. Instead it should take the most appropriate steps: * Keep the ZEV mandate as is * Ban ICE 2030 * Immediately introduce incentives for the purchase of new BEV cars * Immediately introduce incentives for the purchase of new BEV vans * Immediately introduce incentives for EV chargers There will never be a 'less expensive time' to achieve the inevitable transition to cleaner transportation technologies. Yesterday was cheaper than today. Tomorrow will be more expensive than today!