Zero-emissions vehicle

So it's going to be very interesting, I think, on Tuesday when I do this big trip up to Yorkshire just to see how much it's going to cost me.

I do get the kind of feeling that is the government really... on board with EVs because you know there was nothing in the budget and of course we know the ZEV mandate is is under consultation and that should be coming out soon but there's so many question marks around that I mean you know there's even talk it's going to be watered all the way down to 60 percent or something like that so It just seems I'm just getting this kind of feeling that EVs are not the top of the agenda for this government at all.

And

we've still got paper mile coming in as well in 2028.

And I just think that, and it's slightly linked.

I do think they are listening when it comes to the ZEV mandate.

I mean, I started, you know, you read some of the stories that are coming out about the fact that they...

They are thinking about helping.

And in this week's episode we're going to have a chat about who is actually going to decide Britain's electric future.

Because over the weekend the Prime Minister has recused himself from the ZEV mandate decision and the cabinet is said to be openly split on gutting the 2030 target.

At the same time 61% of motorists are saying that they're actually waiting for the budget on whether to decide to buy.

Also, another company that didn't have a very good week, Tesla.

However, the tensions in this episode are demanding, you know, it's becoming quite obvious what's going on.

And hopefully if Westminster blinks at the wrong moment, it could be an interesting couple of years ahead.

So George, let's look firstly at this news that broke at the weekend, that Andy Burnham has stepped aside from the discussions and decision about the ZEV mandate over a possible conflict that his wife, Marie-France Van Heel, actually works as, well, she used to work as for CMO for an infrastructure company, providing infrastructure network for B.EV.

Yeah, and it's absolutely the right thing to do, which Andy Burnham seems to be a person who has a track record of getting things right and doing the right thing recently.

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In the middle of June 2026, the UK government let it be known that they were planning to water down their so-called ZEV mandate.

There will still be an outright ban on sales of new petrol and diesel cars effective from 2030, but the suggestion is that instead of 80% of all new car sales having to be pure battery electric by that date, the target will be lowered to only 50%.

That means the remaining share could continue to be made up of combustion engine vehicles, including hybrids and plug-in hybrids.

It's basically a cumulative effect motorists are suffering at the moment.

You know, the ZEV mandate, this kind of, you know, push towards electric vehicles, 20 mile an hour speed limits, Forrester even quotes road restrictions and potential pay per mile taxation.

I mean, when you lump all of those things together, I mean, I do kind of... agree with Robert there.

I mean, it does sound a pretty dreadful time to be a motorist, doesn't it? And I know Robert is never very backwards in coming forwards, but I think he probably does have a quite a good point here doesn't he and and i know robert's never really been a massive fan of the zev mandate and has really highlighted the the the the problems with that with that policy so um quite a i wouldn't go so far as saying explosive speech from robert forrester but something that really did kind of uh you know uh made a few people's you know eyebrows raise a little bit really because you know he's he's he's bold enough to come out and say these things isn't he Yeah, I