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Electric Vehicles: Noise

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of low noise vehicles on (a) visually impaired people and (b) guide dogs.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
4 Sept 2025
Target answer date
8 Sept 2025
Answer
9 Sept 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 4 Sept 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of low noise vehicles on (a) visually impaired people and (b) guide dogs.

  2. 8 Sept 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 9 Sept 2025

    Answer published

    Electric vehicles play a key role in contributing to a quieter and cleaner environment, but the Department recognises the potential risks posed by quiet electric vehicles to pedestrians, other vulnerable road users and animals.Vehicle approval requirement...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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