Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander promises to “restore certainty” for British car manufacturers as Sir Keir Starmer announces he will relax rules around electric vehicles after carmakers were hit by President Donald Trump's tariffs.
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00:00So clearly we'd rather not be in this place and we were disappointed by the imposition of global
00:06tariffs by the US because any sort of escalating trade war where tariffs are constantly ratcheted
00:13up is bad for global demand, it's bad for prices and ultimately it's bad for British consumers and
00:20so that's why the Prime Minister in this government is going to do absolutely everything in its power
00:25to shelter British businesses and British consumers from those difficult and challenging
00:31global economic headwinds. So we are restoring certainty for British car manufacturers in saying
00:37that the 2030 phase out date for petrol and diesel new cars is staying, it's happening,
00:44we're also explaining that full hybrids cars like the Toyota Prius or the Nissan e-power will still
00:51be able to be sold through until 2035 alongside plug-in hybrids, we're reducing some of the fines
00:58that the car manufacturers might need to pay.