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Electric Vehicles
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment she has made of the level of demand electric vehicles; and whether her Department has assessed the potential merits of aligning the ZEV mandate trajectory with the 2035 European transitio
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 10 Apr 2026
- Target answer date
- 14 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 17 Apr 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment she has made of the level of demand electric vehicles; and whether her Department has assessed the potential merits of aligning the ZEV mandate trajectory with the 2035 European transitio
14 Apr 2026
Target answer date
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17 Apr 2026
Answer published
According to industry figures, battery electric vehicles (BEVs) represent 22.4% of new car sales in the year to date. In March, new BEV volumes were up 24.2% on March last year, with 86,120 BEV sales, the highest month of BEV sales by volume ever in the U...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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Driver Information Systems
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Driver Information Systems
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Driver Information Systems
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Electric Vehicles: Repairs and Maintenance
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