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
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
From 1 April 2025, electric vehicles registered on or after that date will pay £195 per year in Vehicle Excise Duty (VED, or road tax). It’s the end of the free ride that made EVs particularly attractive for anyone trying to do the maths on total ownership costs. But the actual impact depends entirely on … Read more
If you bought an electric car before April 2025, you’ve never paid Vehicle Excise Duty (VED, or road tax). That exemption ended on 1 April 2025, and from April 2026 onwards, you’ll be paying the same rates as everyone else. Here’s exactly what you’ll owe, how the system works, and where most people trip up … Read more
Electric vehicles registered from 1 April 2025 onwards will pay Vehicle Excise Duty (VED, also known as road tax) for the first time. If you bought your EV before that date, nothing changes. You still pay nothing. But if you’re buying new from April onwards, here’s what you’ll actually be writing cheques for. The Basic … Read more
It’s the first question everyone asks when they’re thinking about going electric, and the answer they usually get is “it depends”, followed by a wall of numbers that makes their eyes glaze over. So let’s skip the hedging and get to the point. If you charge at home on a standard electricity tariff, running an … Read more