Stellantis chief executive Carlos Tavares has demanded a re-examination of the vehicle manufacturer's business prospects in the UK in light of the impact of the zero emission vehicles (ZEV) Mandate.
He said the government's policy is "damaging" to Stellantis.
The UK Government has set the ZEV Mandate to require car and van brands to hit ambitious EV sales mix targets or face hugely punative fines of £15,000 per vehicle in the years up to 2030.
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JohnSmithson50 - 30/07/2024 12:12
Utterly unsurprising that a major manufacturer has called out the nonsense that is the ZEV mandate. My question is, why did it take them/anyone so long to do so? EVs are not the future as a whole, but as a part. The ZEV mandate is a pointless exercise by those in power with no understanding of market conditions, just simply virtue signalling to each other about how "green" they are, when hundreds of thousands of jobs are at stake. Scrap the ZEV mandate - NOW!