Howard Cox, founder of FairFuel UK, has slammed the idea that petrol and hybrid vehicles are being restricted by manufacturers over fears they will be fined under net zero rules.
Car brands are required to have 22 per cent of total sales come from electric and hydrogen vehicles by the end of the year as part of the Zero Emission Vehicle mandate.
These targets will gradually increase over the next 11 years, reaching 80 per cent of all vehicles manufactured in 2030 and 100 per cent in 2035.
Some dealers have even warned that they are unable to supply the vehicles that people want to drive, even though they are stocking vehicles that are not wanted by most Britons.
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Howard Cox claimed net zero initiatives could destroy the UK industry
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Howard Cox, founder of FairFuelUK
It’s madness in a supposedly free capitalist nation, the Government is dictating what we can buy.
UK manufacturing is already on its knees with vehicle producers being ordered by virtue signalling net zero fantasy politicians what they can make and sell.
And threatened with massive fines if they don’t meet production targets set by Whitehall.
Manufacturers are now stock-pilling expensive new EVs they can’t sell and holding back on selling cars that people really want.
22 per cent of new car sales will need to be electric by the end of the year PABut what this tells me and thousands of FairFuelUK supporters, is EVs can’t succeed without taxpayer-funded subsidies and without banning the free market competition.
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Some dealerships have warned that they can not stock vehicles that people actually want
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