The UK government has opened a new consultation on Phasing out sales of new petrol and diesel cars from 2030 and supporting the ZEV transition, closing 11:59 pm on 18 February 2025.

The consultation seeks views on delivering the commitment to end the sale of new cars powered solely by internal combustion engines by 2030 and supporting the UK’s transition to zero emissions vehicles.

The consultation is split into tow parts.

Part 1 is conducted solely by the UK government and seeks views on:

• options to end the sale of new cars with internal combustion engines from 2030
• potential requirements for new non-zero emission vans to be sold from 2030 to 2035
• consideration of approach for small volume manufacturers
• demand measures to support the uptake of zero emission vehicles

Part 2 is conducted by UK government, Scottish Government, Welsh Government and the Department for Infrastructure (NI) and seeks views on:

• the existing flexibilities within the ZEV mandate, and consideration of further flexibilities
• other technical updates to the ZEV mandate to ensure its efficiency

The full consultation can be found here- the deadline for responses in 18^th February 2025.

If you would like to contribute to CIHT’s response to this consultation, please fill in this form  by eob Friday 17^th January 2025.