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According to the latest available statistics from the Department for Transport, electric vehicle sales in 2021 outstripped volume levels from the past five years combined. Required sales levels as outlined on the Climate Change Committee adoption curve for 2032 saw the UK over 60,000 vehicles ahead.
According to the briefing report, by 2032 at the latest the CCC has called for all new light-duty vehicles sold, including passenger vehicles, taxis, vans, motorbikes and mopeds, to be fully battery-electric vehicles.
To reach Net Zero, all vehicles – including heavy-goods vehicles (HGVs) – must be fossil fuel free by 2050.
For passenger vehicles and vans, this will mean accelerating the uptake of EVs from around 400,000 today to 23.2 million by 2032.
This will represent 55 percent of all vehicles, with goals of 49 million EVs by 2050 – meaning every vehicle will need to be zero emission.
As part of the CCC document, 55 percent of cars should be electric by 2032. (Image: Getty)
The CCC said to achieve this the Government would need to implement a range of policy and market mechanisms to accelerate uptake.
It added that by 2024, new EV passenger vehicles should hit lifetime price parity with new internal combustion engine vehicles.
Four years later, the CCC said a successful pathway would see grid capacity ready for more than 300,000 charge points.
As part of Volkswagen Financial Services UK’s first EV tracking report, it highlights that the UK was over 60,000 vehicles ahead of the curve set out by the CCC.
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