Question follow-through · 52011
Electric Vehicles: Components and Raw Materials
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of US tariffs on (a) manufactured components and (b) raw materials for the domestic production of electric vehicles.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 13 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 15 May 2025
- Answer
- 19 May 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
13 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of US tariffs on (a) manufactured components and (b) raw materials for the domestic production of electric vehicles.
15 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
19 May 2025
Answer published
The Secretary of State and I frequently engage with stakeholders to discuss automotive sector issues, including the potential impacts of US tariffs on manufactured components and raw materials for domestic EV production. On May 8, a landmark economic deal...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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