Are the EV Mandates really unachievable? All the car manufacturers managed to meet the 22% mandate in 2024. It’s easy to quote meaningless figures regarding the percentage figures for EVs on UK roads….. In 2024 the average age of a car on UK roads was 9 years old. In 2015, 10 years ago, there were only 8 models of EVs available to buy, so out of the total of 34 million cars registered in the UK (April 2024) it’s obviously going to take some years for EVs to catch up in terms of total numbers.
Whilst I agree that the VED Expensive Car Supplement seems counterproductive to increasing EV sales, it is only applicable to EVs with a list price of £40,000 and above. Manufacturers have reduced the prices of many of their cars to make them exempt, in addition there are new EVs being introduced into the market with list prices below the £40k threshold. The changes have only levelled the playing field in VED costs between ICE and EV cars. For many people the increase can also be offset by the considerable savings which can be made in fuel costs by charging an EV at home on a discounted electricity tariff.