If you bought an electric car between April 2020 and now with a list price over £40,000, you’ve been paying an extra £410 per year in road tax (officially called Vehicle Excise Duty, or VED) for up to five years. Now that the rules are changing from April 2025, with EVs facing different VED treatment, … Read more
After years of trials and delays, Ofgem has finally approved several vehicle-to-grid (V2G) chargers for home installation. That means you can now legally use your EV as a giant battery to power your house and sell electricity back to the grid. The question is whether you should actually bother. I’ve spent the last month digging … Read more
The company car tax rate for pure electric vehicles jumped from 2% to 3% in April 2026, a 50% increase that’s sparked concern among anyone considering salary sacrifice EV schemes. If you’ve been weighing up whether to sign up, you’re probably wondering whether the numbers still make sense. Short answer: yes, they do. The increase … Read more
From April 2025, electric car owners are paying road tax for the first time. Here’s what you’ll actually be charged, depending on what you drive. The Basic Charge: £195 a Year for Most EVs If you registered your EV from 1 April 2025 onwards, you’ll pay the standard rate of £195 per year from the … Read more
Plug and Charge is exactly what it sounds like: you arrive at a compatible charger, plug in your car, and charging starts automatically. No app to open, no RFID card to tap, no contactless payment to fumble with while standing in the rain. The charger recognises your car, authenticates your account, starts the session, and … Read more
You’re not imagining it. Your EV genuinely does charge slower when it’s cold outside, sometimes dramatically so. What would normally be a 20-minute top-up at a rapid charger can easily stretch to 40 minutes or more when temperatures drop below freezing. It’s one of those EV quirks that catches new drivers off guard, especially during … Read more
If you’re a company car driver, you’ve probably heard the whispers: get an electric car now before the tax rates go up in April 2026. But is this deadline panic justified, or are EVs still going to be the smart choice even with higher benefit-in-kind (BIK) rates? Let me walk you through the actual numbers, … Read more
From April 2025, electric cars lost their exemption from Vehicle Excise Duty (VED, or road tax). If you’re considering salary sacrifice for an EV in 2026 or beyond, you’ll now pay £10 for the first year, then £195 annually from year two onwards. For cars with a list price over £40,000, there’s an additional £425 … Read more
The 2019 and 2020 model years represent a sweet spot in the used EV market. These were the first properly mainstream electric cars that normal families actually bought in decent numbers. The Renault Zoe, Nissan Leaf, Kia e-Niro, Hyundai Kona Electric and early VW ID.3s are now 6-7 years old, and prices have dropped to … Read more
Here’s the uncomfortable truth about electric vans: many can’t carry as much as the diesel van they’re replacing. The batteries that power them are heavy, and that weight comes directly off your legal payload capacity. If you’re a builder who regularly loads up with plasterboard and tools, or a courier shifting hundreds of parcels, this … Read more