Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 83927
Motor Vehicles: Carbon Emissions
Tabled: 21 October 2025
Answered: 27 October 2025
Named DayQuestion
Greg Smith
Conservative — Mid Buckinghamshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Zero Emission Vehicle mandate on the development of non-electric technologies to power motor cars.
Answer
Keir MatherThe Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) Mandate sets annual targets for the proportion of new zero emission cars and vans sold in the UK. This regulation does not require that new zero emission vehicles be electric, only that they emit no CO2 from the tailpipe. T...
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