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ZEV Mandate: Where are the Opportunities?

The UK’s ZEV (Zero Emission Vehicle) Mandate requires manufacturers to meet rising EV sales targets each year. For you, as dealers and retailers, this creates pressure to move EV stock – but also a clear opportunity to rethink how vehicles can be used across your dealership. 

ZEV at a glance

If EVs are sitting on your forecourt, they could already be working harder for your business.

Car Benefit Solutions helps turn that potential into a structured, scalable solution. To learn how, keep reading…

What we’re seeing across the market

From conversations with our dealer and retailer groups, we know that many employee car schemes could be working harderThey’re often: 

You might already have a CBS car scheme in place, but are you using it to its full potential?

A typical scenario: where EVs get stuck

The challenge

A mid-sized dealership group is: 

Sitting on slow-moving EV stock.

Open up vehicle choice and choose the cars you want for your fleet solution.

Option to offer all employees a car benefit, not just car-entitled drivers.

The opportunity

Instead of discounting stock: 

EVs can be repurposed into employee vehicles.

Stock gets registered and utilised.

Your dealership moves closer to ZEV targets without margin erosion.

Use your dealership to run structured employee car schemes to absorb stock more strategically.

How CBS supports your ZEV strategy

A structured employee car scheme through CBS can help you: 

Utilise EV stock more effectively

Convert slow-moving vehicles into active assets.

Increase EV registrations organically.

Protect margin

Reduce reliance on discounting to move stock.

Unlock funding capital

Avoid tying up large sums in owned vehicles.

Shift to a structured, manageable cost model.

Align your business with the future

Staff driving EVs makes stronger product advocacy.

Dealership visibly supports OEM direction.

Dealer takeaways

Dealers and retailers who rethink 

How vehicles are used internally.

How employee benefits are structured.

Will be better placed to:

Hit targets.

Protect profitability.

Improve operational efficiency.

To learn more, get in touch today.