Car firms face EV sales quotas
A set percentage of cars sold would have to be electric under government proposal
The UK government is planning to adopt a Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) mandate to help drive the shift away from petrol and diesel vehicles.
The plans for the mandate, which echoes a system first used in California and since adopted by other US states and China, have been outlined in a Department for Transport (DfT) green paper on the future regulation framework for vehicular CO 2 emissions, which is currently open to public consultation.
The ZEV mandate would complement the existing system of giving car firms a fleet-average CO 2 emissions target, which will become increasingly tough as the 2035 cut-off for all nonelectric cars approaches.