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ESTABLISHED BRANDS’ EV SALES LAGGING AHEAD OF ZEV MANDATE


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Carmakers face additional costs of more than £600m under new Zero Emission
Vehicles (ZEV) mandate rules, for selling non-electric cars and vans.

The ZEV Mandate will require vehicle makers to ensure at least 22% of their new
car sales and 10% of new vans are zero emissions in 2024. This will then rise
incrementally each year to 80% for cars and 70% for vans in 2030, and 100% for
both by 2035.

The Department for Transport (DfT) plans to put the ZEV mandate rules to a vote
in Parliament, according to a report in The i newspaper.

Vehicle makers that fail to achieve the ZEV mandate sales targets will be
subject to fines, with a system of proposed flexibilities and credits to support
those that sell a low volume of electric vehicles (EVs).



Research from New Automotive shows that 32 car manufacturers would collectively
be 44,000 credits short of meeting these targets, if the ZEV mandate had been in
force over the last 12 months.

If a company misses the target, it will be made to pay the Government £15,000
for every vehicle that doesn't comply. This totals £660m in borrowing costs,
according to New Automotive.

Fears have already been raised that the proposals could create another vehicle
supply crisis, if manufacturers decide to cap the number of non-electric
vehicles they sell.

A number of leading fleet operators are supportive of the targets, however.

The Government has been consulting on the ZEV mandate, since it published a
proposal of how the scheme could work, in April.

The proposals fail to define which vehicles will be permitted for sale between
2030 and 2035, which the Government has stated must have ‘significant zero
emission capability’.

The consultation also states that only true “zero carbon” technologies will be
permitted post 2035, which could rule out synthetic e-fuels as an alternative to
electrification or hydrogen.

Mike Hawes, SMMT Chief Executive, said: “We want regulation that gives consumers
choice and affordability, and enables manufacturers to transition sustainably
and competitively.

“While the proposals rightly reflect the sector’s diversity, late publication
and lack of regulatory certainty make product planning near impossible, and the
continued lack of clarity as to what technologies will be permitted beyond 2030
undermines attempts to secure investment.”

WHICH MANUFACTURERS FACE THE BIGGEST PENALTIES?

In the first half of 2023, 16% of all new cars sold were electric. Only 11 car
makers exceeded the proposed 22% target for EV sales, however, and a third of
all the EVs sold in the UK between January and July came from just three brands.

Manufacturers such as BYD, GWM ORA, MG, Polestar, Smart and Tesla are
significantly ahead of the target, due to their model ranges being mainly or
entirely electric.

BMW, Cupra, Jaguar, Porsche and Volvo are also close-to or already achieving the
target, based on current registration figures.

Brands with the highest proportion of EV sales in H1 2023:

Manufacturer

EV %

BYD

100%

Cupra

26%

Genesis

76%

Jaguar

28%

MG

38%

Polestar

100%

Porsche

27%

Tesla

100%

 

Brands with no EVs include Alfa Romeo, Dacia and Seat, but they are all part of
larger automotive groups and may benefit from credit sharing arrangements.

Japanese brands Honda, Mazda, and Toyota Lexus face a particular challenge, as
the bulk of their sales come from internal combustion engine (ICE) models.

Ford, equally, has a strong ICE mix, with EVs making up just 2% of its
registrations in the first half of 2023.

Tim Slatter, Ford Motor Company chair, said Ford supports the ZEV mandate but
has raised concerns that carmakers will also face increased trade tariffs from
next year, as a result of changes to the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement
(TCA).

He added: “Introducing EV tariffs at the same time will undermine the mandate
and slow the growing EV trend. 

“Today the industry does not have sufficient locally-sourced batteries and
components to meet demand.  Tightening trade rules at this point risks
undermining the switch to EVs with tariffs and adding pointless cost to
customers wanting to go green. Manufacturers who have invested most early in the
transition will be hardest hit by tariffs as combustion engine vehicles will
continue to move tariff-free.”

Ford is calling for current trade requirements to be extended to 2027, to allow
time for the battery supply chain to develop in UK-EU and to meet EV demand. 

Brands with the lowest proporton of EV sales in H1 2023:

Manufacturer

EV %

Alfa Romeo

0%

Dacia

0%

Honda

1%

Jeep

1%

Land Rover

0%

Lexus

7%

Mazda

2%

Seat

0%

Toyota

1%

Stellantis brands Citroen, Peugeot and Vauxhall all have multiple EVs in their
respective line ups, yet the group’s EV registrations currently make up only 15%
of its total sales.

A Stellantis spokesperson told Fleet News: “We welcome the flexibilities for
banking, borrowing, trading and pooling and we welcome closed pooling being
permitted.”

They added: “No decision has been made on the specifics of our strategy to
date.”

Stellantis expects to see growth in the EV market for all its brands.  By next
year Vauxhall will offer an electric variant of every car it sells, while Jeep
is about to start selling its first EV in the UK.

Toyota Lexus declined to comment on the ZEV mandate, but in a recent interview
with Fleet News, Neil Broad, general manager of One Toyota Fleet Services,
acknowledged that the brand - like many others - faces a challenge in the
short-term. 

FLEET BUYERS DRIVE THE MAJORITY OF EV SALES

Deeper analysis of UK new car registration figures highlight the importance of
the fleet sector in the rollout of new EVs. 

In the first half of 2023, 60% of EVs were sold into the true fleet market while
less than a quarter went to private buyers.

For premium brands, the fleet sector is an even bigger driver of EV sales and
accounts for around three in every four registrations.






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