The UK government has pledged to fully electrify its fleet of vehicles over the next three years, aligning with its broader plans to phase out the sale of new petrol and diesel vehicles from 2030.
The strategy for this transition has been laid out in a report titled, Decarbonising transport: a better, greener Britain and refers all central government cars and vans being zero emissions by 2027. This includes those owned and leased by 'arm's length bodies' (executive agencies and non-departmental public bodies such as the DVLA, Met Office and HMRC) equating to around 30,000 vehicles.
The deadline is two years earlier the ban on new ICE car sales and seven years ahead of the ban on new ICE van sales.
There will be some exemptions to the rule, for which reporting organizations will have until the end of May 2025 to apply. Exemptions will include vehicles not used for road transport (ie for training and testing), those which are predominantly driven outside the UK and emergency response vehicles with blue flashing lights, like those used to escort the Prime Minister.
The Department for Transport said in its latest update that the government ‘has an important role to play in leading the transition to zero emission vehicles’ and that 'the fleet commitment forms part of the wider greening government commitments reporting framework’.
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