🌿 Environment May 8, 2026 · Simon Evans

Factcheck: What the UK car industry is not saying about EV targets

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Factcheck: What the UK car industry is not saying about EV targets
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For several years, the UK car industry has been claiming that demand is not high enough to meet the government’s targets for sales of “zero emissions vehicles” (ZEVs).



To date, however, the car industry has actually beaten the targets under the government’s “ZEV mandate”.



This pattern of claiming demand is not high enough is being repeated in a regular cycle, following the publication of monthly statistics on new UK car sales by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).

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