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Electric Vehicles: Batteries

Asked by James McMurdockIndependentDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 30 March 2026UIN 123516

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 19 March 2026 to Question 120280, what estimate her Department has made of the average cost of electric vehicle battery replacement outside manufacturer warranty.

Answered by Keir Mather

The Department does not hold data on average or individual replacement battery costs for electric vehicles.

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