{"id":20271,"date":"2026-08-14T14:59:57","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T14:59:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=20271"},"modified":"2026-08-14T14:59:57","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T14:59:57","slug":"electric-vehicle-sales-targets-could-be-cut-after-pressure-from-car-makers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=20271","title":{"rendered":"Electric vehicle sales targets could be cut after pressure from car makers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || 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\/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">The UK&#8217;s electric vehicle (EV) sales target could be cut after the government launched a review following pressure from car makers.<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Currently 80% of all new cars sold must be EVs by 2030 &#8211; but motor industry figures had urged ministers to reduce that goal, warning it would cost too much and put jobs at risk.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The government has now said it is considering cutting that figure to as far as 50% of all sales by the end of the decade, which it will consult on until late October.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Environmental groups have argued that watering down the target undermines the UK&#8217;s long-term climate goals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Under the current policy, known as the ZEV mandate, the percentage of new car sales that need to be EVs increases each year, from 33% for 2026 until it reaches 80% by 2030.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">An outright ban on selling purely petrol or diesel cars past 2030 will stay in place, something that Labour promised in its election manifesto.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">However the changes now being consulted on could allow car makers to sell more hybrid vehicles as a proportion of the UK&#8217;s overall sales.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">That means if the government drops pure electric sales targets to 50%, the other 50% would need to be hybrid.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Another option would be keeping the target at 80% but with flexibility for car makers extending as far as 2034.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A longer term deadline for phasing out new hybrid sales would also remain in place for 2035.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The policy on EV sales has already changed a lot over the years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A ban on selling new petrol and diesel vehicles by 2030 was first announced by Boris Johnson when he was prime minister, then pushed back to 2035 by his successor Rishi Sunak.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Sunak also introduced more gradual targets for EV sales under the ZEV mandate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Labour has previously accused previous Conservative governments of &#8220;moving goalposts on phase out dates&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Transport Secretary, Heidi Alexander said on Friday: &#8220;It&#8217;s right we keep targets under review to ensure they&#8217;re practical and back British industry. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;The end goal hasn&#8217;t changed \u2013 but we need to take business with us on the journey, and that&#8217;s exactly what we&#8217;re doing today, by making sure industry has the chance to shape how we get there.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Mike Hawes, boss of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, the primary car industry lobby group, said the ZEV mandate was &#8220;conceived under vastly different conditions&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He called the review &#8220;a timely opportunity to adjust the transition so it works for all&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">But electric car advocates and climate groups criticised the move. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Tanya Sinclair, the boss of industry group Electric Vehicles UK, criticised the government for &#8220;asking whether we should extend the availability of polluting vehicles amid our hottest summer on record.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph 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