The UK is reportedly reviewing its EV sales target, in which it aims to end sales of new petrol cars by 2030, according to reports

Governments revisiting ICE phase-out timetables have become a recurring pattern wherever the mandate has run ahead of consumer uptake and charging buildout, with prior reviews of this kind tending to produce flexibility mechanisms, credit trading or pushed-back interim targets rather than outright repeal. The relevant actors here are the government department running the consultation and the domestic carmaking lobby, which has previously pressed for easement on penalty and quota grounds; automaker positioning ahead of formal announcements has historically been an early tell of the direction of travel. For commodity desks the transmission runs through the long-dated UK gasoline and diesel demand curve: a softer mandate flattens the expected decline in road fuel offtake, which bears on refinery utilisation assumptions and regional product balances rather than prompt pricing. The watch-points are the scope of any consultation, whether interim sales quotas or just the end-date are in play, and whether parallel moves in other jurisdictions reinforce the pattern. Until a formal decision lands this remains a review, and reviews of this kind have as often reaffirmed targets with tweaks as dismantled them.