New mandate for zero-emission vehicles will provide much needed certainty for electric cars and vans in the UK. The government has today proposed measures for the UK’s Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) mandate, in an important step towards putting the phase out of petrol and diesel cars into law. T&E welcomes this world-leading regulation, and applauds the ambition the Government has shown. This will provide certainty to the UK’s automotive sector and consumers, and will reduce the UK’s reliance on foreign oil. However, the government’s failure to increase the ambition of its proposed car targets means the regulation will be weaker than it should have been, says T&E. (....)