Large Goods Vehicles: Electric Vehicles
Commons · Question 13220 · Tabled 25 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport · Official record
Answered 3 Jul 2026
Question
Asked by Greg Smith
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 22 June 2026 to Question 8651 on Large Goods Vehicles: Electric Vehicles, what estimate her Department has made of the proportion of heavy goods vehicle journeys for which charging can
Answer
Answered by Keir Mather, 3 Jul 2026
The Department expect that most electric Heavy Goods Vehicles will be recharged overnight. For those which are not, we expect they will be recharged during mandatory driver rest breaks or during periods when they are stopping for other reasons. An analysi...