Large Goods Vehicles: Electric Vehicles
Commons · Question 15435 · Tabled 2 Jul 2026 · Department for Transport · Official record
Answered 7 Jul 2026
Question
Asked by Jerome Mayhew
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2026 to Question 12905 on Large Goods Vehicles: Electric Vehicles, which duty cycles and use cases will have a lower cost of ownership for battery-electric heavy goods vehicles
Answer
Answered by Keir Mather, 7 Jul 2026
It is likely that vehicles which can recharge mostly or entirely at their own depot will reach a lower total cost of ownership than diesel first, whereas vehicles which rely more heavily on public charging, for example because they travel further from the...