Battery electric vehicles accounted for a third of new car sales in December in the UK, right on target to meet or exceed the government’s 33% target for EV adoption in 2026, showing how policy can lead to goals getting met even when industry complains they are impossible. The UK has gone through a lot of changes in its EV policy over recent years, with both Labour and Conservative governments working to strengthen and weaken them (yes, both sides have moved in both directions, oddly enough). The current status is that the UK plans for all new car sales to be fully electric by 2035, with interim targets on the way there. That’s a little weaker than the UK’s former 2030 all-EV target, but the weakening was mostly to allow for plug-in hybrid sales and credit trading by manufacturers, and the country still expects 80% of new car sales to be electric by 2030, with the remaining 20% of stragglers taking a little more time to clear out. Advertisement – scroll for more content So, …