BBCNEWS BBC News at One June 4, 2024 13:22:00
Targets for selling electric cars. if they don't meet them, they will be faced with very heavy fines. from this year, 22% of all new cars produced must be zero emission, in other words electric or hydrogen—powered. but by 2028 it will be 52% — more than half. and by 2035 all new cars will have to be emissions—free. electric vehicles have proved popular as company cars, because they attract very low rates of tax, but people within the industry say they're still too expensive for most private buyers and government help is needed to boost sales. one of the things we are advocating is a vat ...