UK transport secretary Louise Haigh has insisted the government will not relax its electric vehicle targets but has admitted that ministers could create new “flexibilities” to help manufacturers achieve the goals.
The Financial Times revealed on Saturday that Nissan, the Japanese car manufacturer, was poised to warn ministers that the UK automobile industry had reached a “crisis point”, with jobs and investment at risk unless the government relaxed EV rules.
Under the government’s “electric vehicle mandate” a certain proportion of new cars sold in the UK have to be EVs, with the percentage ratcheting up every year until 2035 when all sales will have to be electric.
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