Revealed: What carmakers really thought about the ZEV mandate
Special report: Carmaker responses to ZEV mandate design consultation
Happy New Year! I’m Tom Riley and welcome to this special edition of The Fast Charge, a British EV newsletter.
Why is it special? Well, I am publishing the written submissions by major carmakers to the UK government about its design of the zero emission vehicle (ZEV) mandate.
Specifically, these documents reveal the private lobbying by carmakers about the proposed targets – which came into force yesterday – and how the mandate’s certification scheme should be designed.
I obtained these documents via a Freedom of Information request in 2023 and they have been reported on exclusively in The Guardian newspaper - huge thanks to Jasper for a great write-up.
Further below is a longer look at some of the revelations and links to each carmaker’s response, but here are the headlines…
Major carmakers argued that the ZEV trajectories were unachievable without flexibilities being added
Several large carmakers called for the 2024 start date to be pushed back in some form (e.g. Toyota, Nissan, JLR, Stel…
