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<p>The Committee on Climate Change (CCC) recommended in its 2018 progress report that
the UK should be aiming for 60% new ultra low emission vehicle uptake in 2030. This
is consistent, in terms of carbon, with the ambitions set out in the Government’s
2018 Road to Zero strategy of up to 70% of new car sales to be ultra low emission
by 2030 alongside up to 40% of new vans. By 2040, we expect the majority of new cars
and vans sold to be 100% zero emission and all new cars and vans to have significant
zero emission capability. By 2050 we want almost every car and van in the UK to be
zero emission.</p><p> </p><p>Subsequently, the CCC report, published in May 2019,
recommended the UK legislate as soon as possible to meet net zero greenhouse gas emissions
by 2050; and that by 2035 at the latest all new cars and vans should be electric (or
use a low carbon alternative such as hydrogen). The Government will respond to the
CCC’s advice in a timeframe which reflects the urgency of this crucial issue.</p><p>
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