SMMT statement – response to Committee for Climate Change’s carbon budget

As the Committee for Climate Change’s latest carbon budget makes abundantly clear, decarbonising surface transport and, particularly, road transport is fundamental to the delivery of net zero. Take-up of zero emission vehicles to the expected levels can only be stimulated if there are bold incentives to encourage demand, more affordable electricity, significant additional investment in infrastructure, and clear and consistent messaging that buying an electric vehicle is the right thing to do. Moreover, we want this transition to support industry, jobs and economic growth in the UK, so ambitious industrial and trade strategies must be implemented else the security and resilience the budget seeks to deliver would be put at risk.