Electric Vehicles: Incentives
Commons · Question 68091 · Tabled 15 Jul 2025 · Department for Transport · Official record
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Question
Asked by Andrew Snowden
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of fiscal incentives for the uptake of electric vehicles.
Answer
Answered by Lilian Greenwood, 23 Jul 2025
Plug-in Vehicle Grants have been a key driver of zero emission vehicle (ZEV) uptake since they were introduced in 2011. Grants remain available for vans, trucks and wheelchair accessible vehicles. Favourable tax rates, including the lowest first year rate...