As anticipated, there was no monetary assist to incentivise the uptake of electric cars within the chancellor’s budget this week. And with a basic election now being tipped for as early as May, it’s extraordinarily unlikely that any assist will likely be forthcoming this facet of autumn – if ever. 

Several automotive makers have reacted furiously, the underlying sentiment being that EVs have been pushed to patrons at a set share whether or not they need them or not and automotive makers are those on the hook in the event that they don’t attain that threshold.

As a reminder, the UK must get EVs to 22% of automotive gross sales this 12 months however has been stalled at 16% for a number of months now.