ChargeUK responds to the CCC's progress report

Today the Climate Change Committee has published its latest progress report to parliament. 

Key quotes on the (ZEV) Mandate and electric vehicle uptake from the report include: 

"It is essential that this year’s review of the mandate does not lead to further concessions. Doing so would severely undermine prospects of achieving the UK’s 2030 NDC, exacerbate the UK’s dependence on imported oil, and leave more households paying the higher costs of petrol or diesel cars.”

“Avoiding a further weakening of the ZEV mandate is also key to supporting EV uptake, which helps to further spread the cost of fixed charges, and for maintaining investor confidence in the business case for public charging projects.”

“A planned review into the cost of public charging should consider VAT and standing charge arrangements for public charging.”

Responding to the report’s publication, Vicky Read, chief executive, ChargeUK said:

"The government's own climate advisers are unequivocal: there must be no further weakening of the mandate. Doing so would not only threaten the country's climate goals, but leave more households worse off paying high petrol and diesel prices. The CCC is also right to state that another U-turn would undermine the confidence of investors funding charging infrastructure rollout.

"Their independent analysis that the move to electric vehicles is on track and identifies the government's cost of public EV charging review as an opportunity to reduce costs for millions more households, further encouraging EV uptake.”