Question follow-through · 120278
Electric Vehicles: Costs
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the total cost of electric vehicle ownership, including a) purchase price, b) insurance, c) maintenance, d) charging costs and e) vehicle excise duty.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 11 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 16 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 19 Mar 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
11 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the total cost of electric vehicle ownership, including a) purchase price, b) insurance, c) maintenance, d) charging costs and e) vehicle excise duty.
16 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
19 Mar 2026
Answer published
Electric vehicles (EVs) are typically cheaper to own and run than petrol equivalents when purchased using salary sacrifice or when making use of the best available home off-peak charging tariffs. EVs continue to benefit from preferential tax breaks compar...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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