Not great news there yet: “There was also a provision for manufacturers of fewer than 2,500 cars a year that exempts them from the rules until 2030. The British sports car makers Aston Martin Lagonda and McLaren both argued that they would be unable to meet the targets”
In the government’s fancy PDF there was just one commitment by a sports car company to making a single type of “electric or hybrid” car (which sounds a bit like the Cygnet, something reluctantly “produced” [bought] by a sports car company just to try and make the government go away)
Here is a good electric sports car from a small high-quality manufacturer like the ones you mention, but it is from the Netherlands: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aTzuUrdyIc
Not great news there yet: “There was also a provision for manufacturers of fewer than 2,500 cars a year that exempts them from the rules until 2030. The British sports car makers Aston Martin Lagonda and McLaren both argued that they would be unable to meet the targets”
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/jan/03/big-carmakers-lobbied-uk-to-weaken-or-delay-electric-car-rules
In the government’s fancy PDF there was just one commitment by a sports car company to making a single type of “electric or hybrid” car (which sounds a bit like the Cygnet, something reluctantly “produced” [bought] by a sports car company just to try and make the government go away)
Here is a good electric sports car from a small high-quality manufacturer like the ones you mention, but it is from the Netherlands: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aTzuUrdyIc