Found: For example, the development of batteries is likely to shape a future dominated by electric vehicles

Found: footprint ●New green skills related to engineering that have emerged in the last five years include electric

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment her Department has made of the efficiency of electric vehicle charging points across the UK.

Answered by Lilian Greenwood - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

The Government has not made a recent assessment of chargepoint efficiencies across the UK.

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with (a) public and (b) private bodies on implementing more disability accessible electric vehicle charging points at public venues.

Answered by Lilian Greenwood - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

The Government wants everyone to be able to make the switch to electric vehicles, which is why we strongly encourage chargepoint procurers and operators to adopt the British Standards Institution Publicly Available Specification (PAS) 1899:2022 standard. This was sponsored by the Government and Motability, providing specifications on designing and installing accessible public electric vehicle (EV) chargepoints.

The Government is actively encouraging relevant parties to adopt its specifications, building on improvements already being made in the sector. It is also encouraging local authorities to incorporate accessibility into their procurement models.

The Government and Motability Foundation is working with advocacy groups, industry and other stakeholders to review the effectiveness and implementation of PAS 1899. This working group is expected to make its final recommendations in February 2025.

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to improve access to electric vehicle charging points across the motorway and A road network.

Answered by Lilian Greenwood - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

There are now over 960 open-access (can be used with any electric vehicle) rapid (50kW) and ultra-rapid (150kW+) chargepoints at motorway service areas across England.

The Rapid Charging Fund pilot will fund a portion of the cost of upgrading electrical capacity at motorway service areas, where it is not commercially viable for industry to do so. This will support the rollout of ultra-rapid (150kW+) chargepoints.

Government is also collaborating with National Highways on the Energy Storage Systems project. This project is focusing on motorway service areas where the current electrical capacity is limited. National Highways are procuring and installing batteries to support the installation of ultra-rapid chargepoints.

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which Ministers have been allocated a dedicated vehicle from the Government Car Service.

Answered by Mike Kane - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

The Government Car Service (GCS) offers vehicles to government departments as a shared resource. Each department independently determines the allocation of these vehicles to its ministerial cadre.

Presently, GCS has allocated 27 electric vehicles to various government departments and maintains an additional pool of electric vehicles for ad hoc requests. Due to logistical and operational considerations, these numbers are subject to regular change.

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many Ministers have been allocated an electric vehicle from the Government Car Service.

Answered by Mike Kane - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

The Government Car Service (GCS) offers vehicles to government departments as a shared resource. Each department independently determines the allocation of these vehicles to its ministerial cadre.

Presently, GCS has allocated 27 electric vehicles to various government departments and maintains an additional pool of electric vehicles for ad hoc requests. Due to logistical and operational considerations, these numbers are subject to regular change.

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether it is her policy to ban the sale of new (a) petrol and (b) diesel vehicles from 2030.

Answered by Lilian Greenwood - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

The Government is committed to delivering greener transport by accelerating the transition to electric vehicles. As set out in our manifesto, there will be no sales of new pure combustion engine cars from 2030 under our plans. We will set out more details in due course.

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Office for Zero Emission Vehicles' report entitled Consultation outcome: driving licence flexibility for alternatively-fuelled vehicles, published on 10 October 2023, whether her Department (a) plans to remove the five-hour training requirement for drivers of electric vans weighing up to 4.25 tonnes and (b) implement the other reforms proposed in that report.

Answered by Lilian Greenwood - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

The Government is reviewing the policy proposals detailed in the previously published consultation response on driving licence flexibilities for alternatively-fuelled vehicles.

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Found: fires ; OPSS3 is aware of three fatalities in 2022 and 11 in 2023 involving batteries related to light electric

Found: its role is expected to increase with the adoption of technologies such as heat pumps for heating and electric

Found: vehicles and battery power storage.

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Found: 1,654 1,740 Flights 84 74 Regular taxi, motor bike and bus 15 15 National rail 180 117 Waste 67 62 Electric

Found: The development of new emissions testing, utilisation of Electric Vehicles (EVs) in our fleet, installation

Found: Supporting the move to electric vehicles

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Found: Car Parks and electric vehicles.

Found: government support for the development of a hydrogen refuelling infrastructure serving fuel cell electric

Found: approximately 24,000 additional public electric vehicle charge points by 2030 to support the ongoing move to electric

Found: that electricity use will rise as sectors continue to decarbonise and switch to electric sources like electric

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