Electric Vehicles: Components and Raw Materials
Commons · Question 52012 · Tabled 13 May 2025 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record
Answered 21 May 2025
Question
Asked by Nick Timothy
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what estimate his Department has made of the number of (a) manufactured components and (b) raw materials imported from China for the domestic production of electric vehicles in the last five years.
Answer
Answered by Sarah Jones, 21 May 2025
Over the last five years the UK has, on average, annually imported China-origin goods worth a) £1.9bn of components (automotive parts, batteries, and motors) and b) £9.7m of minerals that are typically used for batteries and traction motors. These imports...