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Recommendation 1
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Accepted in Part
Paragraph: 17
A healthy used electric vehicle market is critical to ensuring that electric vehicles are not...
Recommendation
A healthy used electric vehicle market is critical to ensuring that electric vehicles are not the sole preserve of people who can afford new models. The Government’s position is that current incentives to stimulate the sale of new EVs are sufficient to support the development of the second-hand EV market. However, electric vehicles that will be traded on the second-hand market in three to five years’ time are likely to be more expensive to buy upfront than comparable ICE models. To drive mass consumer uptake of ZEVs, the Government must ensure that the market facilitates the supply of affordable new and used electric vehicles.
Government response summary AI-generated
The government partially accepts, agreeing a new regulatory framework is needed for ZEV uptake. They have published a Green Paper proposing a Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) Mandate but do not specifically detail how the market will facilitate the supply of affordable new and used electric vehicles, especially for the used market.
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Government Response
Accepted in Part
HM Government · verbatim extract
Accepted in Part
The Government partially accepts these recommendations. The Government agrees that a new regulatory framework is required in order to deliver our net zero ambitions from road transport, and to deliver an increasing proportion of zero emission vehicles on UK roads. The Government has published a Green Paper on a New Road Vehicle CO2 Emissions Regulatory Framework for the United Kingdom and leads with a preferred option of deploying a Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) Mandate, combined with a CO2 regulation. We
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