Car makers will be forced to ensure that 22 per cent of their UK sales next year are electric as part of the government’s plans to “power up” Britain.
Ministers set out the long-awaited “electric vehicle mandate” this morning, with a flurry of environmental policy announcements expected today.
The mandate on electric car sales will rise to 28 per cent in 2025, 80 per cent in 2030 and 100 per cent in 2035. Electric cars accounted for about 16.6 per cent of sales in 2022.
Grant Shapps, the energy security secretary, will unveil all the measures today in what is being called the government’s “green day”.
Rishi Sunak, the prime minister, and Shapps are visiting a laboratory run by the UK Atomic Energy Authority in Culham, Oxfordshire as part of the green day announcements.
The plan also involves support for carbon capture technology and offshore wind.
It stresses that the government has already announced £20 billion investment in carbon capture technology and backing for new projects, as well as £160 million for port infrastructure to help expand offshore wind.
New green hydrogen production projects also feature prominently alongside plans for the establishment of Great British Nuclear.
More than £380 million will go towards improving the number of electric vehicle charge points while Hunt will update the green finance strategy focused on attracting billions of investment.
Source: The Times
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