Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

(asked on 18th May 2023) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the proportion of public chargepoints that are suitable for commercial vehicles including HGVs that are (a) in operation and (b) planned.


Answered by
Jesse Norman Portrait
Jesse Norman
This question was answered on 23rd May 2023

Information on UK’s publicly available chargers is published quarterly with the most recent release from April 2023 found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/electric-vehicle-charging-device-statistics-april-2023/electric-vehicle-charging-device-statistics-april-2023#speed-of-charging-devices. Smaller commercial vehicles, such as vans, can use these charge points.

The Government has announced end of sale dates for new, non-zero emission HGVs. All new HGVs less than or equal to 26 tonnes will be zero emission from 2035, and all new HGVs from 2040. To help the industry to prepare, our zero emission road freight demonstrators are expected to deploy hundreds of zero emission 40-44 tonne HGVs on UK roads and build the associated refuelling and recharging infrastructure needed to support their use.

The Department will also publish a zero emission HGV infrastructure strategy in due course. This will set strategic direction and outline the roles and responsibilities of both government and industry to ensure the delivery of the refuelling and recharging infrastructure required to meet the 2035 and 2040 dates for non-zero emission HGVs.

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