Written questions

Motor Vehicles: Carbon Emissions

Commons · Question 83927 · Tabled 21 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport · Official record

Answered 27 Oct 2025

Question

Asked by Greg Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Zero Emission Vehicle mandate on the development of non-electric technologies to power motor cars.

Answer

Answered by Keir Mather, 27 Oct 2025

The Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) Mandate sets annual targets for the proportion of new zero emission cars and vans sold in the UK. This regulation does not require that new zero emission vehicles be electric, only that they emit no CO2 from the tailpipe. T...