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The HEIDI Alexander secretary met with representatives of the UK automotive industry as a deadline for the Government consultation on the proposed stage from gasoline and diesel cars until 2030. years.
A Department of Transportation The spokesperson said Independent: “Last week, the Transport secretary He held a constructive round table with leading vehicle manufacturers as part of the consultation in the phase 2030. years, because we continue to listen and we work closely with the industry.
“January was another record for electric cars, selling zero emission vehicles that make up more than a fifth of the total car market, from January last year. These are the signs encouraging. 2024 was a record year to move On electric, with sold 382,000 EVS and record years for billing points, with almost 20,000 public chargers.
“We are investing more than 2.3 billion pounds to support the sector and consumers that cross, touching the industry more billion pounds to make the UK clean energy superpower and submit our plan for change.”
The counseling closes on 18. February, given the government that the initial response will then release the initial response after a 12-week period from that date. However, given the complexity of the proposal and the number of answers, the SMMT auto industry trade body does not expect any announcements regarding changes to the current mandate with zero emissions. “A year will be quite missing,” he said “CEO CEO MIKE HAWES said Independent On the announcement of 2024 sales data in January.
SMMT does not comment on what was a closed meeting with the government, but changes in the goals of the ZEV mandate and flexibility that are not available to the car manufacturers, plus incentives to strengthen private demand for electric cars.
The latest sales figures show that the registration of electric cars increased to 21.3 percent of total sales in January, compared to 41.6 percent compared to a year, but still somewhat a short of the Government Mandate of the ZEV of 28 percent for 2025. a year.
Although the sale of EVS is growing, so is the public billing network. DFT reports that in the UK there are 73,334 Public EV fundamental UK from 1. January this year, which includes over 14,000 fast / ultra fast chargers that can charge a car up to 80 percent in only 20-40 min. The number of charging in rural areas increased by 45 percent 2024. years.
According to the Report of the National Audit Office in December 2024, the government is on the way to delivering 300,000 charging points – a minimum number that is estimated to support EV drivers – until 2030. years. Years.