The proposal is to give an incentive for Car Manufacturers who sell more than 1000 vehicles/year in the UK, to sell vehicles to Car Clubs in return for of enhanced "credits" towards meeting the required mandatory target levels for Zero Emission Vehicles Sales.Intro Paragraphs Car Club Incentive
2.83 Most cars in the United Kingdom are privately owned for individual use and are parked about 96% of the time. Beyond exhaust emissions which can be eliminated by ZEVs, private cars create numerous externalities, including congestion and the loss of public space for roadways and parking. Car clubs have the potential to mitigate some of the social and economic impacts of car ownership by enabling cars to be used more efficiently and make it easier for people who do not need or wish to own a car, but who may need or wish to have occasional access to a car.
2.84 Car clubs have grown steadily in the UK, reaching over 5,800 vehicles and 784,000 members in 2021. However, the rate of car club adoption lags far behind other countries like Germany and the Netherlands. About 12% of car club vehicles in the UK were zero emission as of the end of 2021.
2.85 There is strong evidence that car clubs reduce private car ownership, with a shared vehicle substituting between 3 and 20 private vehicles. Compared to a personal ownership model, efficient use of shared vehicles can reduce emissions associated with the manufacturing of vehicles. This is especially important for electric vehicles, a majority of lifecycle emissions from which come from the manufacturing of batteries. Furthermore, drivers who switch from owning a car to using car clubs tend to travel fewer miles overall in cars. Both of these dynamics reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
The big rental firms like Enterprise run Car Clubs, along with many plenty of Car Sharing Apps covered on the thread,, and the small scale village and community based enterprises. Schemes will be designed to meet the criteria and help both car clubs expand, and incentivise manufacturers to get additional credits.
I'll not reproduce it here , (the Car Club proposal starts para 2.83 on Page 35 intro paragraphs shown above), highly likely that it will make it through the consultation as an incentive to assist car manufacturers to meet targets for percentages of Zero emissions Vehicles sold proposed to be mandated from 2024 onwards.
Neil
