Lotus excluded from UK 2030 ICE Ban

Not sure if this is new news, but it came up this morning that small UK manufacturing brands will be excluded from the 2030 petrol ban. So Lotus, Caterham etc will be able to continue making cars...

Great news

 

[Nick in Sydney]

Not sure if this is new news, but it came up this morning that small UK manufacturing brands will be excluded from the 2030 petrol ban. So Lotus, Caterham etc will be able to continue making cars...

Great news

Current UK government EV policy is that "small volume car maker" means manufacturing less than 2,500 cars a year. Perhaps this will change given events, but at the moment Lotus Cars doesn't qualify because Emira volumes are well above this.

On the other hand, if the US market is no longer viable for Lotus, then Emira volume might well fall to 2,500!

 

[RoryBellows]

Still plenty of time for that ban to be rolled back.

 

[Biggles of Norwich]

Current UK government EV policy is that "small volume car maker" means manufacturing less than 2,500 cars a year. Perhaps this will change given events, but at the moment Lotus Cars doesn't qualify because Emira volumes are well above this.

On the other hand, if the US market is no longer viable for Lotus, then Emira volume might well fall to 2,500!

Well, as Aston Martin have been mentioned as one of the manufacturers who would be exempted, and they produce around 6,000 cars a year, it would appear that a 2,500 limit is not what the UK Govt have in mind.

 

[cwfg]

Well, as Aston Martin have been mentioned as one of the manufacturers who would be exempted, and they produce around 6,000 cars a year, it would appear that a 2,500 limit is not what the UK Govt have in mind.

It would make more sense that the UK government put limits on UK sales rather than global? It's hard to get exact numbers, but what is available suggests AM produces under 2500 cars for the UK market. EU figures for 2022 were under 2000.

Source: https://www.goodcarbadcar.net/aston-martin-europe-sales-figures