Question follow-through · 13220

Large Goods Vehicles: Electric Vehicles

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 22 June 2026 to Question 8651 on Large Goods Vehicles: Electric Vehicles, what estimate her Department has made of the proportion of heavy goods vehicle journeys for which charging can

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Department for Transport
Tabled
25 Jun 2026
Target answer date
2 Jul 2026
Answer
3 Jul 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 25 Jun 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 22 June 2026 to Question 8651 on Large Goods Vehicles: Electric Vehicles, what estimate her Department has made of the proportion of heavy goods vehicle journeys for which charging can

  2. 2 Jul 2026

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  3. 3 Jul 2026

    Answer published

    The Department expect that most electric Heavy Goods Vehicles will be recharged overnight. For those which are not, we expect they will be recharged during mandatory driver rest breaks or during periods when they are stopping for other reasons. An analysi...

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