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Next steps for Zero Emission Vehicles in the UK

March 2022


Price: £95 PLUS VAT
Format: DOWNLOADABLE PDF


This conference examined the future for Zero Emission Vehicles (ZEVs) in the UK.


Areas for discussion included:


  • progress - latest thinking on the Government’s targets for zero emissions at the tailpipe and ending petrol and diesel cars sales
  • challenges - scaling up - commercial and infrastructure issues - tackling barriers - options for support for the UK automotive sector
  • regulation - assessing priorities for reform and the future framework
  • supply chain - how issues around materials and computer chips can be addressed
  • scaling up - next steps for electric vehicle and charge point rollout

We were pleased to be able to include a keynote session with Caroline Low, Director of Transport Decarbonisation, Department for Transport; as well as further contributions from: Maria Bengtsson, Partner, UK&I Electric Vehicle Lead, EY; Toby Butler, General Manager for E-Mobility Europe, Shell; Martin Dean, Managing Director, Bus Development, The Go-Ahead Group; Michelle Gardner, Head of Public Policy, Logistics UK; Steve Gooding, Director, RAC Foundation; Konstanze Scharring, Director of Policy and Government Affairs, SMMT; and Simon Swan, Mobility Solutions Director, Arcadis.


The conference was an opportunity for stakeholders to consider the issues alongside key policy officials who attended from the DfT; the ORR; BEIS; HMRC; HM Treasury; the Cabinet Office; Defra; the DCMS; the DfE, NI; the DIT; DAERA, NI; FCDO; the GLD; HSE; the House of Commons Library; the MCA and the Welsh Government - as well as parliamentary pass-holders from the House of Lords.



This pack includes

  • Dropbox video recording of the conference
  • PDF transcript of the discussion, including all speaker remarks and Q&A
  • PDFs of speakers' slide material (subject to permission)
  • PDFs of the delegate pack, including speaker biographies and attendee list
  • PDFs of delegate articles