How the ZEV mandate could incentivise safer, more energy efficient cars

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The UK has a major opportunity to use an existing policy tool to reverse the worrying trend towards the supersizing of vehicles, writes Nodum's Ben Macdonald

The Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) Mandate is critical to the UK's transition to more sustainable transportation. It gives manufacturers a sense of direction and certainty over the next decade. However,...

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