Transitioning to zero emission cars and vans: 2035 delivery plan Contents Foreword 1 Road to 2035: Timeline of key deliverables 3 Pathways to realising our commitments 4 Increasing uptake of zero emission vehicles 6 Accelerating infrastructure rollout 15 A sustainable transition 23 Increasing supply for increasing demand 30 Research, development and innovation 36 Zero emission vehicles across the United Kingdom 41 Monitoring progress against this Delivery Plan 48 Annex 1 50 List of commitments Annex 2 53 List of measures index Transitioning to zero emission cars and vans: 2035 delivery plan Foreword In November 2020, the Prime Minister put the UK on course to be the fastest nation in the Ten Point Plan for a G7 to decarbonise cars and vans, announcing Green Industrial Revolution that all new petrol and diesel cars and vans key commitments will be phased out by 2030. Delivering our commitments will bring about benefits that will be felt right across the 2030 country. Zero emission vehicles will improve air quality in our towns and cities, and offer cleaner and convenient driving for all. Electric motoring will also become cheaper than petrol or diesel equivalents, with price parity expected in the mid-2020s. The end of the sale of all new petrol This transition will support levelling-up by and diesel cars and vans creating jobs and economic growth. We are already seeing this take place, with large investments announced by Nissan and Stellantis who have committed to build 2035 electric models in the UK. Now that we have set the direction of travel, made possible by our departure from the European Union, and the speed at which we expect to move, both government and industry must have a single-minded All new cars and vans must be fully focus on delivery. zero emission at the tailpipe This plan sets out the actions that government will take to deliver these ambitions, by bringing together our £2.8 billion commitments on investment, regulation and policy changes over the course of this Parliament and beyond. Government will not deliver this transition alone. We will set direction, remove barriers £ and support the early market, but it is the private sector that will lead the charge Package to support the phase out dates 1 Transitioning to zero emission cars and vans: 2035 delivery plan towards mass ownership of zero emission As we approach 2030, new opportunities and vehicles. Since the Prime Minister's 10 challenges will emerge, and Government’s point plan, a number of industry leaders role and policies will need to adapt to ensure 2023 2024 2035 have already come forward with ambitious we remain on track. That means this plan commitments to phase out petrol and diesel will be iterative. We will publish regular 6 Rapid chargepoints cars and vans. updates, and will conduct a formal progress at every motorway All new cars and service area vans to be 100% zero We will work to harness and channel review by 2025. emission at the tailpipe the ingenuity of industry, businesses, Potential date The transition to zero emission cars and EV Homecharge for introduction chargepoint and energy providers, devolved vans is a global one. Through our leadership Scheme to focus of a new road administrations, local government and of COP26, taking place later this year, we on renters, All new cars and vans vehicle CO others to deliver the system transformation leaseholders 2 to deliver significant are urging international businesses, and emissions and those living zero emission capability we need to see. national and sub-national governments to regulatory in flats from 2030 to 2035 Already we are making great strides towards make similarly ambitious commitments to regime achieving our 2030 and 2035 objectives. decarbonise cars and vans. This is putting the Further consultation The pace of change is accelerating. The UK front and centre of the efforts to protect At least 2,500 high on the CO regulatory market share of zero emission vehicles our planet and end emissions from one of the 2 powered chargepoints regime expected 2025 biggest drivers of climate change. across the strategic keeps rising and many billions of pounds Favorable road network of private investment has been pledged company car tax globally to develop and manufacture new rates for zero electric vehicles, their batteries and to provide Local EV emission cars until 2030 chargepoint and energy infrastructure. infrastructure at least March 2025 Fund launched We are on track for mass adoption of Full progress Sale of new petrol and diesel cars and vans zero emission vehicles over the course of review 2022 to be phased out this decade. This will help deliver carbon undertaken reductions, improved air quality and secure Government car and a green recovery as we build back better van fleet to be 100% from Covid-19. Infrastructure schemes zero emission by 2027 expanded: • EV Homecharge Scheme Regulations to be laid: opened to renters, • To improve the consumer leaseholders and flats experience, • Workplace Charging • To mandate for infrastructure Scheme opened to charities provision in buildings UK to host and SMEs 2021 • To mandate smart capability COP26 in • On-street residential scheme for chargepoints Glasgow opened for larger projects Publish a series of UK Battery Complete key policy documents: Industrialisation consultations on: • EV charging Centre opened • Future road vehicle infrastructure strategy CO2 emission • Smart Systems and regulatory regime Flexibility Plan • Domestic batteries • Ofgem Action Plan legislation • IET guide for local authorities • Smart charging • Net Zero strategy • Hydrogen strategy Source: SMMT Transitioning to zero emission cars and vans: 2035 delivery plan Road to 2035: Timeline of key deliverables 2023 2024 2035 6 Rapid chargepoints at every motorway All new cars and service area vans to be 100% zero emission at the tailpipe Potential date EV Homecharge for introduction Scheme to focus of a new road on renters, All new cars and vans vehicle CO leaseholders 2 to deliver significant emissions and those living zero emission capability regulatory in flats from 2030 to 2035 regime Further consultation At least 2,500 high on the CO regulatory 2 powered chargepoints regime expected 2025 across the strategic Favorable road network company car tax rates for zero Local EV emission cars until 2030 infrastructure at least March 2025 Fund launched Full progress Sale of new petrol and review diesel cars and vans 2022 undertaken to be phased out Government car and van fleet to be 100% Infrastructure schemes zero emission by 2027 expanded: • EV Homecharge Scheme Regulations to be laid: opened to renters, • To improve the consumer leaseholders and flats experience, • Workplace Charging • To mandate for infrastructure Scheme opened to charities provision in buildings UK to host and SMEs 2021 • To mandate smart capability COP26 in • On-street residential scheme for chargepoints Glasgow opened for larger projects Publish a series of UK Battery Complete key policy documents: Industrialisation consultations on: • EV charging Centre opened • Future road vehicle infrastructure strategy CO2 emission • Smart Systems and regulatory regime Flexibility Plan • Domestic batteries • Ofgem Action Plan legislation • IET guide for local authorities • Smart charging • Net Zero strategy • Hydrogen strategy 3 Transitioning to zero emission cars and vans: 2035 delivery plan Pathways to realising our commitments We have committed to phasing out the sales of new petrol and diesel cars and vans by 2030, and that all new cars and vans will be fully zero emissions at the tailpipe from 2035. The graphs below illustrate potential pathways In our 2013 strategy document, ‘Driving the to achieving our ambitions between now Future Today’, we projected that ultra-low and 2035. A range of technologies will help emission cars would have a 3-7% market us reduce emissions over the coming years, share in 2020 – in reality the market moved but our goal is zero emissions at the tailpipe. faster than we predicted and industry To reflect this diversity the graphs show statistics show that 10% of cars sold last pathways for both zero emission vehicles year were either fully-electric or plug-in and ultra-low emission vehicles. Ultra-low hybrids. A range of pathways exist and some emission vehicles includes those with CO2 organisations, such as the Climate Change emissions below 50g CO2 /km, and zero Committee, predict that higher sales figures emission vehicles. could be feasible, which we would welcome. Given the uncertainty in predicting how this We have seen record growth in the zero market will develop, we will continue to and ultra-low emission car and van markets take a relatively conservative approach in and we expect that to continue. However, determining our uptake pathways. They are there is still significant uncertainty over the intended as an illustrative example of how share of sales that might be achieved in each uptake could increase over the coming years. year, as manufacturers ramp up production, As the market matures we will continue to chargepoints are rolled out and as further monitor vehicle uptake and will regularly policies to support uptake are developed. update our projections. 4 Transitioning to zero emission cars and vans: 2035 delivery plan Potential pathway – Percentage of new car sales accounted for by Ultra Low Emission Vehicles (ULEVs) and Zero Emission Vehicles (ZEVs) 100 80 60 40 20 0 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 2034 2035 ULEV uptake ZEV uptake Potential pathway – Percentage of new van sales accounted for by Ultra Low Emission Vehicles (ULEVs) and Zero Emission Vehicles (ZEVs) 100 80 60 40 20 0 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 2034 2035 ULEV uptake ZEV uptake 5 Transitioning to zero emission cars and vans: 2035 delivery plan Increasing uptake of zero emission vehicles Key commitments 1.