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Jagannadha Pawan Tamvada, Professor of Entrepreneurship, Kingston University

Four reasons electric vehicle targets shouldn’t be weakened

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The UK government is preparing to water down its electric vehicle sales targets. Under the existing zero emission vehicles (ZEV) mandate, 80% of all new cars sold in Britain needed to be electric vehicles (EVs) by 2030.

Following sustained lobbying from car manufacturers and trade unions, that figure could be revised down to somewhere between 50% and 70%.

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