Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 94800
Electric Vehicles: Fire Prevention
Tabled: 26 November 2025
Answered: 1 December 2025
Question
Anneliese Dodds
Labour (Co-op) — Oxford East
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Office for Zero Emission Vehicles publication T0194 – Covered car parks - fire safety guidance for electric vehicles, published in July 2023, what recent steps has her Department taken to
Answer
Keir MatherThe safety of electric vehicles (EVs) is very important to Government and is reviewed regularly. The Department continues to engage with international research relating to EV fire safety. Data suggests that EV fires are no more likely to occur than fires ...
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