ChargeUK responds to EU changes to automotive emissions targets

Responding to the European Commission’s Automotive Package presented today, which includes revised emissions requirements for automakers, Vicky Read, chief executive, ChargeUK said: 

“This adjustment does not change the fact that the transition to EVs is happening. The sale of almost all petrol and diesel cars will cease across the EU by 2035 if not before. Any thought of reopening discussion about the UK's own ZEV mandate, which already contains flexibilities to support car manufacturers, would be a major over reaction putting billions of investment in charging at risk and undermining driver confidence.

“EV sales have been consistently strong in the UK, supported by the mandate and an EV charging industry that is investing billions of pounds in private capital to roll out critical infrastructure ahead of forecasted demand. The UK's focus should now be on building on this progress and supporting even more drivers to switch. We should not be looking over our shoulder at the rest of Europe but ahead, towards a future where the UK is a clean transport leader.”

About ChargeUK

ChargeUK is the voice of the UK’s EV charging industry – the companies that install and operate the network of electric charging points necessary to underpin the UK’s transition to electric vehicles and Net Zero. Its members have committed to invest over £6 billion in private capital into EV charging by 2030 and operate around 70,000 charge points or more than two thirds of the UK’s public EV charging infrastructure.