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Large Goods Vehicles: Electric Vehicles

Commons · Question 15435 · Tabled 2 Jul 2026 · Department for Transport · Official record

Answered 7 Jul 2026

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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...