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Analysis: Weaker EV targets could cost UK consumers £3bn a year by 2030

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An upcoming UK government consultation on weakening targets for electric vehicles (EVs) could cost consumers as much as £3bn a year by 2030, according to Carbon Brief analysis.



It could require the UK to import an extra 17m barrels of oil in 2030, raising expected net imports by 8%, as well as adding 2.5% to national emissions that year, the analysis shows.



After years of fierce lobbying by parts of the car industry – and despite the s

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