Written questions

Electric Vehicles: Repairs and Maintenance

Commons · Question 4645 · Tabled 29 May 2026 · Department for Transport · Official record

Answered 8 Jun 2026

Question

Asked by Scott Arthur

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans her Department has to help support the development of standardised high voltage battery diagnostics for electric vehicles to enable repair and reuse.

Answer

Answered by Keir Mather, 8 Jun 2026

The Government is aware of calls from industry to develop standardised high voltage battery diagnostics for electric vehicles (EVs), to support repairability as well as the safe working operations of EV technicians. While the Government currently has no p...