How will relaxing the rules on electric car sales affect the environment?

The government’s relaxation of the zero emission vehicle mandate – the so-called ban on petrol cars – has raised important questions about the public’s reluctance to adopt the electric car as a default choice without substantial tax incentives, currently only available to business users. The recent rate of emissions reductions will need to increase significantly, which will require the rate of electric vehicle uptake to accelerate rapidly.” Presumably, it will find the government’s new zero emission vehicle transition less “credible” than it was then. As with range anxiety and electric cars, “warmth anxiety” may prove a formidable obstacle on the path to net zero. Tory leader Kemi Badenoch declares herself a “net zero sceptic”, and the Sunak government also diluted various near-term green objectives.