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Electric Vehicles: Prices

Commons · Question 910 · Tabled 13 May 2026 · Department for Transport · Official record

Answered 20 May 2026

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Asked by Rebecca Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 24 April 2026 to Question 127583 on Electric Vehicles: Prices, (a) whether her Department has a projected date by which zero emission vehicles will reach purchase price parity wi

Answer

Answered by Keir Mather, 20 May 2026

DfT continues to monitor evidence on prices and projections. Prices for electric vehicles have fallen over the last few years, but there is substantial uncertainty around precisely when the average new zero emission car may reach price parity with an aver...