Is Government pulling the right policy levers to accelerate the EV transition?
The Transport Committee will quiz a range of experts as it examines the policy levers in place to encourage the take-up of electric vehicles.
Meeting details
The second evidence session of the inquiry into supercharging the EV transition will also look at barriers to more widespread EV adoption and other factors that influence consumer confidence.
It will explore the unique challenges faced by the commercial sector and what interventions could be made to ease operators to transition.
The first panel of witnesses will focus on cars, with the Committee exploring whether car grants have really worked to help drive the EV transition and whether there is a need for intervention in the second-hand car market.
They will also consider the potential effect of the Electric Vehicle Excise Duty (eVED) announced in Autumn Budget. With the new mileage-based fee set to apply to battery-electric and plug-in-hybrid cars from April 2028, witnesses may be pressed on concerns that the policy could potentially reverse drivers' decision to transition.
The second panel will focus on larger vehicles and comes as most coach and HGV operators have no plans to introduce EVs into their fleets within the next five years. MPs could ask why this is the case and whether enough attention being given to commercial vehicles to transition.
Both panels could also be asked to assess progress towards targets set by the Government's Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) Mandate. The regulatory framework requires car and van manufacturers to sell an increasing percentage of zero-emission vehicles each year, and seeks to have 100% of vehicles sold to be zero-emission by 2035.