Keir Starmer overrules Ed Miliband on electric car sales targets

Oh thank goodness! The UK set an EV sales target that was too high too fast - getting to the same place just slower will retain hundreds of thousands of UK automotive jobs. We are still providing huge support to the transition and to consumers to buy EVs www.thetimes.com/article/d9c4...

Some compromise on the ZEV Mandate was always likely, but a target of 50% EV share by 2030 would be deeply unambitious and could move the UK from a leader to a laggard in the global shift to electric models. www.thetimes.com/article/d9c4...

On the one hand, now is as optimal a time as any to reduce ZEV mandate quotas if it has to happen; www.thetimes.com/article/d9c4...