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UK government set to lower EV sales targets

First reported Nov 8, 12:51 PM ET · Latest Nov 9, 12:00 AM ET · Explainer updated Nov 9, 2:00 AM ET

Why it was in the Relay Update: Reported independently by 2 newsrooms, 2 hours old when it aired, picked for the Business & Tech desk.

Where things stand

The United Kingdom is expected to reduce its electric‑vehicle (EV) sales targets this week, according to BBC News and The Guardian.

Continuum

Facts

Facts appear here as Relay matches them to the reports.

Timeline

What changed: Ministers are poised to cut the mandated EV sales figures that underpin the country’s emission‑reduction plan, a move that would ease pressure on carmakers but has drawn criticism from Labour MPs.

Every report, newest first

  1. Government's EV targets expected to be reduced this week — BBC News

    New petrol or diesel cars are due to be phased out by 2030 and by 2035 all new cars must be zero emission.

  2. Labour expected to cut EV targets for UK’s car industry despite MPs’ protests — The Guardian

    Exclusive: Louise Haigh likely to weaken mandate for sales that forms key part of emission reduction plan Ministers are expected to make steep cuts to the government’s electric vehicle (EV) targets this week, in a move that will relieve carmakers but alarm…

Questions

  • It is not clear how much the targets will be lowered, what the new specific numbers will be, or how the changes will affect the 2030 and 2035 phase‑out dates. Open

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More: background

Current policy requires new petrol or diesel cars to disappear by 2030, with all new cars being zero‑emission by 2035. The government’s EV targets are sales quotas intended to ensure the market shifts toward electric models in line with those deadlines.

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