Government must ease electric car targets to protect UK automotive

Much of the confusion that surrounds the controversy over whether or not the government should ease the terms of the ZEV mandate stems from the fact that the arguments are very convincing, and extremely well rehearsed, on either side.

Car makers and importers cite several years of severe financial pain, amounting to billions, that have resulted from providing the incentives a sluggish EV car market has needed even to get close to meeting the mandate’s required volume of sales.