Written questions

Electric Vehicles: Testing

Commons · Question 82802 · Tabled 16 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport · Official record

Answered 23 Oct 2025

Question

Asked by Martin Wrigley

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of adding mandatory software updates to the MOT process for electric cars.

Answer

Answered by Simon Lightwood, 23 Oct 2025

The MOT plays a vital role in keeping people safe on our roads. That is why the Department for Transport published a call for evidence in 2023 which sought views on how to keep it up to date. The monitoring of software updates for both electric and ICE ve...