The government has launched a major review of the rules designed to push car makers towards electric vehicles, with the possibility that EV sales targets could be cut significantly before the end of the decade.
The Zero Emission Vehicle mandate, better known as the ZEV mandate, currently requires manufacturers to work towards 80 per cent of their new car sales being zero emission by 2030, rising to 100 per cent by 2035. But a new consultation launched by the government could see that 2030 figure cut to 70, 60 or even 50 per cent.
