A new T&E briefing sets out how targeted support can help middle and low-income households to access EVs.
This briefing argues that social leasing is an ideal measure to support the low and medium income drivers who will be most affected by the likely increase in fuel price linked to the EU emissions trading system (ETS2). In it, T&E recommends that EU member states incorporate social leasing in their national Social Climate Plans and finance them with their broader national ETS2 revenues.
But the car lobby is demanding that the EU scrap rules that would better reflect PHEV pollution.
New EU data shows the importance of the planned correction of the 'utility factor' for plug-in hybrids.