Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 15435

Large Goods Vehicles: Electric Vehicles

Tabled: 2 July 2026
Answered: 7 July 2026
Named Day

Question

Jerome Mayhew

Conservative — Broadland and Fakenham

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2026 to Question 12905 on Large Goods Vehicles: Electric Vehicles, which duty cycles and use cases will have a lower cost of ownership for battery-electric heavy goods vehicles

Answer

Keir Mather
It is likely that vehicles which can recharge mostly or entirely at their own depot will reach a lower total cost of ownership than diesel first, whereas vehicles which rely more heavily on public charging, for example because they travel further from the...
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