Countries including the UK have now pledged to end the sale of internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles and are designing regulations to deliver that outcome - this is a long overdue recognition that markets struggle to address environmental and human health impacts and governments need to take action to force change. As we draft these regulations we need to learn the lessons from previous regulators.

The recent electric car sales boom is the result of growing consumer interest and falling battery costs - all of which has been spurred on by years of supportive government policy. But with another 300,000 electric cars set to hit the roads in 2022, are there enough charge points?

This month, Oxfordshire County Council and Oxford City Council will introduce Britain's first Zero Emission Zone (ZEZ) in Oxford. The pilot scheme will start on 28th February 2022 and apply to a limited number of roads in the city centre. Oxford ZEZ represents a radical change compared to most already existing Clean Air Zones (CAZ) across the country.

2021 has been a watershed moment for EV vehicles, not just in the UK but globally too. Approximately 11.65% of the new car market were EVs.

Due to how fast this sector is developing it is hard to highlight exactly where we will be in 12 months time - but this should be seen as a positive. 2022 will need to not only replicate 2021, but we will need to see a quickening of sales, manufacturing announcements, infrastructure development and other supporting policies to ensure we build on, and accelerate from the progress made last year.