Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the economic viability of electric Heavy Goods Vehicles.

Technologies for zero emission heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) are less developed than for cars and vans, but are now reaching the early market, making use of hydrogen fuel cell and battery electric technologies. Further innovation and development will be needed to ensure their mass adoption across all vehicle types is done in a sustainable and affordable way. In addition to the existing trials and research already completed, the Government is working with the Connected Places Catapult to assess the zero emission technologies most suitable for HGVs on the UK road network.