Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what estimate she has made of the annual electric vehicle production capacity of the (a) UK and (b) OECD average.

According to the Advanced Propulsion Centre UK (APC), the UK produced 80,000 battery electric passenger cars and vans in 2022 - forecasted to increase to 970,000 by 2030.

We are investing in the technologies of the future, positioning the UK as one of the best locations in the world to manufacture electric vehicles through the Automotive Transformation Fund and the long-term Advanced Propulsion Centre R&D programme.

Globally 8 million battery electric passenger cars and vans were produced in 2022 - expected to rise to 44milllion by 2030.

Source: APC Q1 2023 Automotive Demand Forecast

We do not hold data on OECD electric vehicle production volumes.