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Recommendation 2
2
Accepted in Part
Paragraph: 18
In order to ensure that the Government achieves the targets set out in the Transport...
Recommendation
In order to ensure that the Government achieves the targets set out in the Transport Decarbonisation Plan, it may need to intervene to support the second-hand market in electric vehicles until price parity with comparable ICE vehicles is reached.
Government response summary AI-generated
The government partially accepts, agreeing a new regulatory framework is needed for net zero ambitions and an increasing proportion of zero emission vehicles. They have published a Green Paper proposing a Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) Mandate, but do not specifically detail intervention to support the second-hand EV market.
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Paragraph Reference:
18
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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