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Ben Nelmes

Ben Nelmes

Oct 30, 2026

6:55
That leads me on nicely to something else I was going to ask about, actually, which is that If cutting the mandate feels like a problematic choice for the government at this point, but we also acknowledge that there are challenges for the car sector in adjusting to how things are changing globally, what's your one ask of government? If you had one ask of government at this point or one suggestion of what else it could do to support the car industry and get us through this kind of challenging intermediary phase, what would it be? Ben, should we go to you first?
7:27
Yeah, okay.
7:28
So I'm wondering if I can smuggle two asks in.
7:33
The first ask is not really an ask.
7:34
Well, the first ask is for stability.
7:37
So stability is really important because we have lots of...
7:41
The automotive transition is a capital-intense transition.

11 MINS LATER

19:07
Ben, knowing the mandate as well as you do, the ins and outs of it, I mean, have you heard anything, first of all, or do you have any suspicions about what might happen? And or kind of which kind of changes would you be most alarmed by?

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