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Electric Vehicles: Batteries

Commons · Question 31672 · Tabled 13 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport · Official record

Answered 24 Feb 2025

Question

Asked by Scott Arthur

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of implementing a standardised battery health certification scheme for second-hand electric vehicles.

Answer

Answered by Lilian Greenwood, 24 Feb 2025

The Department for Transport has worked with the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) to develop a Global Technical Regulation on electric vehicle batteries (GTR 22). If implemented, the regulation would set standards for the lifespan of ...