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BVRLA targets massive surge in electrified cars by 2025 with plug-in pledge

The BVRLA has launched an ambitious ‘Plug-in Pledge’ that will see its members’ combined plug-in vehicle fleet size surge from 50,000 today to 720,000 by 2025.
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15 July 2018

THE BVRLA wants a huge surge in the electrified fleet of its members by launching a ‘Plug-in Pledge’.

This ‘Plug-in Pledge’ will see the combined plug-in fleet of BVRLA members reach 720,000 by 2022. Today that fleet is just 50,000.

It will represent members purchasing 300,000 plug-in vehicles per year. It will increase the industry’s share of annual new plug-in hybrid and pure electric vehicle registrations from 36% to 60%.

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Last week the Government reaffirmed its commitment to increase the number of electric and hybrid vehicles being driven in the UK through its ‘Road to Zero’ strategy.

The DfT’s programme for ultra low emission vehicles outlined its ambition for 50%-70% of new car sales to be ULEVs by 2030. It said this transition should be industry-led.

BVRLA believes its ‘Plug-in Pledge’ demonstrated the vehicle rental and leasing industry’s commitment to playing a vital role in delivering this goal.

Members of the association are responsible for almost five million vehicles – 1-in-8 cars, 1-in-5 vans and 1-in-5 trucks on UK roads.

The BVRLA said the  ‘Plug-in Pledge’ would rely on  Government providing support for the adoption of ULEVs. BVRLA wants Government to:

  • Bring forward plug-in company car tax incentives now and not in 2020
  • Provide a five-year commitment on plug-in vehicle incentives
  • Offer more infrastructure support for businesses looking to deploy large plug-in fleets

BVRLA Chief Executive Gerry Keaney said:

“Over the last two decades, the fleet industry has embraced the introduction of emissions-based motoring taxes and used the incentives they provide to deliver a sustained and substantial reduction in COemissions.

“Fleets are ready to make a large-scale transition to zero-emission motoring, providing that the Government can match their ambition with a supportive tax regime and more help with charging infrastructure.”

Responding to the BVRLA, Transport Minister Jesse Norman said:

“The coming decades are expected to be transformative for our motor industry, our national infrastructure and the way we travel. The Government has shown through the Road to Zero Strategy that setting clear ambitions for industry and consumers is key to bringing about this change.

“We want to work in partnership with industry and businesses to make these shared ambitions a reality, so we welcome the commitment made by BVRLA today.

“The measures set out in the Road to Zero strategy should help ensure that the UK remains a world leader for investment in and uptake of zero emission technologies. In addition to this, we are holding the world’s first Zero Emission Vehicle summit later this year in Birmingham, placing the UK at the heart of this technological revolution.”

The BVRLA’s ‘Plug-in Pledge’ will be launched at a Parliamentary Reception in the House of Commons on Monday July 16,  to an audience of BVRLA members, vehicle manufacturers, sustainable transport stakeholders, Government officials and supportive MPs.

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Ralph Morton

Ralph Morton

Ralph Morton is an award-winning journalist and the founder of Business Car Manager (now renamed Business Motoring). Ralph writes extensively about the car and van leasing industry as well as wider fleet and company car issues. A former editor of What Car?, Ralph is a vastly experienced writer and editor and has been writing about the automotive sector for over 35 years.

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