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Sunak risks ‘row with both sides’ over targets for electric cars
（a row with both sides：Snuak可能会陷入的一种风险状态，）
Most new cars will have to be electric within five years, as Rishi Sunak reopens Tory splits over green policy.（背景介绍）
After delaying a ban on new petrol car sales, the prime minister has been warned that he faces “a row with both sides” as he presses ahead with tough annual quotas that will force the car industry to shift to electric vehicles over the next decade. （陷入row with both sides的原因：延迟油车销售禁令，同时在年度配额不变的情况下将汽车行业扭转为电车）
Last week Sunak announced he was pushing back a ban on new petrol and diesel car sales from 2030 to 2035, as part of a wider relaxation of net-zero policies. He cited upfront costs and a lack of public charging points as reasons to “ease” the transition to electric vehicles and cut bills for families. Yet privately he has confirmed to the industry that he will press ahead with a “zero-emissions vehicle mandate” within days. The policy means manufacturers would face fines if 20% per cent of their new car sales were not electric next year, rising to 52% per cent by 2028 and 80 per cent by 2030. （Sunak 的具体办法）
On Monday government officials met BMW, Toyota, Stellantis, Jaguar Land Rover, Ford, Bentley, Tesla and Maclaren to tell them that all of the annual goals would remain. The plan is for them to become law by January at the latest.（具体措施）
The Times understands from government sources that the targets remain unchanged from figures published in March, and could be announced in an official response to a consultation as soon as today.（目前的销售情况）
Going ahead with an unchanged mandate means that, while Sunak’s announcement angered car-makers including Ford because of the inconsistent message it sent to businesses who have invested millions in electric cars, the switch to cleaner vehicles is unlikely to slow.（Sunak的做法惹怒了汽车制造商，风险状态）
Sceptical Tory MPs have protested that this will make last week’s changes far less significant, in effect, amounting to allowing 20 per cent of car sales to be petrol and diesel between 2030 and 2035, rather than 20 per cent hybrid under previous plans. （保守党，Tory党持反对态度，风险状态）
Craig Mackinlay, chairman of the net zero scrutiny group of Conservative MPs, criticized Sunak’s “sleight of hand” in undermining his own shift in policy. “When you look at the small print it’s not very different from where we were,” he said. “To stick with these percentages just seems rather daft. You’ve got a good policy that people like me are very happy about but [the mandate] takes the wind out of those sails completely. He’s pleased me for a day and now he’s going to have a row with both sides.”（保守党：泄气，风险状态）
The former business secretary Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg said the decision to press ahead “risks making the change announced last week look bogus”, and forcing car-buyers to pay more. He warned that Sunak had ended up with （与第一段warn呼应，警告Sunak，下一句就是a row on both sides的真正含义）“complete confusion where you get the worst of all possible worlds – you annoy the Greens and you annoy your voters（惹恼环保派，惹恼支持者，四面树敌：根据这样的deduction，我们似乎可以用“猪八戒照镜子，里外不是人”来翻译或者解释a row on both sides）”, adding that the forced transition to electric cars “has to change”.
In a small concession to some carmakers, they will be given wriggle room on what are known as “flexibilities”. These allow manufactures to “borrow” a number of allowances from electric car sales in future periods, if they are unable to comply in the first two years. The move is aimed in part at manufacturers’ concerns that electric van sales have weakened recently. No companies are expected to face fines under the revised plan.
Sunak risks ‘row with both sides’ over targets for electric cars
Most new cars will have to be electric within five years, as Rishi Sunak reopens Tory splits over green policy.
After delaying a ban on new petrol car sales, the prime minister has been warned that he faces “a row with both sides” as he presses ahead with tough annual quotas that will force the car industry to shift to electric vehicles over the next decade.
Last week Sunak announced he was pushing back a ban on new petrol and diesel car sales from 2030 to 2035, as part of a wider relaxation of net-zero policies. He cited upfront costs and a lack of public charging points as reasons to “ease” the transition to electric vehicles and cut bills for families. Yet privately he has confirmed to the industry that he will press ahead with a “zero-emissions vehicle mandate” within days. The policy means manufacturers would face fines if 20% per cent of their new car sales were not electric next year, rising to 52% per cent by 2028 and 80 per cent by 2030.
On Monday government officials met BMW, Toyota, Stellantis, Jaguar Land Rover, Ford, Bentley, Tesla and Maclaren to tell them that all of the annual goals would remain. The plan is for them to become law by January at the latest.
The Times understands from government sources that the targets remain unchanged from figures published in March, and could be announced in an official response to a consultation as soon as today.
Going ahead with an unchanged mandate means that, while Sunak’s announcement angered car-makers including Ford because of the inconsistent message it sent to businesses who have invested millions in electric cars, the switch to cleaner vehicles is unlikely to slow.
Sceptical Tory MPs have protested that this will make last week’s changes far less significant, in effect, amounting to allowing 20 per cent of car sales to be petrol and diesel between 2030 and 2035, rather than 20 per cent hybrid under previous plans.
Craig Mackinlay, chairman of the net zero scrutiny group of Conservative MPs, criticized Sunak’s “sleight of hand” in undermining his own shift in policy. “When you look at the small print it’s not very different from where we were,” he said. “To stick with these percentages just seems rather daft. You’ve got a good policy that people like me are very happy about but [the mandate] takes the wind out of those sails completely. He’s pleased me for a day and now he’s going to have a row with both sides.”
The former business secretary Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg said the decision to press ahead “risks making the change announced last week look bogus”, and forcing car-buyers to pay more. He warned that Sunak had ended up with “complete confusion where you get the worst of all possible worlds – you annoy the Greens and you annoy your voters”, adding that the forced transition to electric cars “has to change”.
In a small concession to some carmakers, they will be given wriggle room on what are known as “flexibilities”. These allow manufactures to “borrow” a number of allowances from electric car sales in future periods, if they are unable to comply in the first two years. The move is aimed in part at manufacturers’ concerns that electric van sales have weakened recently. No companies are expected to face fines under the revised plan.
