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Written question asked by Adam Afriyie (Conservative) on Wednesday, 11 November 2020, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 16 November 2020 (named day). It was answered by Baroness Maclean of Redditch (Conservative) on Monday, 16 November 2020 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential for private and public electric vehicle charging points to be hacked by cyber criminals or hostile foreign governments.

Answer

The Department for Transport works closely with the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and the National Cyber Security Centre to ensure that effectively mitigating cyber security risks is a core part of electric vehicle (EV) chargepoint policy. The Government has commissioned work assessing the cyber security risk associated with the emerging energy system, including electric vehicle chargepoints. The output from this work will inform policy, including the development of relevant standards or regulatory approaches to mitigate cyber security risks.

In 2019, the Government consulted on regulations under the Automated Electric Vehicles Act (AEVA) for private, smart EV chargepoints. We proposed that these regulations will require compliance with device-level standards, to help ensure devices are cyber secure. These regulations are due to be laid next year. The Government will also shortly be consulting on using other powers under the AEVA to improve the consumer experience of public chargepoints, including opening chargepoint data. Cyber security will be considered as part of any future regulatory framework.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
114125
Session
2019-21
Subjects
Electric vehicles Hacking Charging points
Link
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