Labour announced plans to water down Net Zero targets on electric cars today as it admitted they risk pushing up costs for drivers and won’t be hit.
Ministers said they were planning to loosen rules on electric car sales because they weren’t ‘fit for purpose’ amid ‘slower than anticipated’ uptake.
It means half of all new cars sold at the end of the decade may still have fossil fuel engines.
Under the present law, by 2030 only 20 per cent of new cars sold will be able to use petrol or diesel.
The target, known as the zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) mandate, increases annually until
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