Electric vehicles lost their free pass on road tax in April 2026. If you’re driving an EV registered after that date, you’ll now pay £190 per year in Vehicle Excise Duty (VED, the tax formerly known as road tax). That’s about £16 per month, which might sound modest, but it’s worth understanding exactly what this … Read more
Electric cars started paying Vehicle Excise Duty (VED, or road tax) in April 2025, ending years of exemption. A year on, we’ve broken down what this actually costs EV drivers each month, and whether electric cars still beat petrol and diesel on overall running costs. What EVs now pay in road tax From April 2025, … Read more
If you’re coming to the end of a salary sacrifice EV agreement you signed in 2023 or 2024, you’ve probably noticed the tax landscape has shifted. The ultra-low 2% Benefit in Kind (BIK) rate that made electric company cars such an obvious financial win ended in April 2025. It’s now 3% for the 2025/26 tax … Read more
From 1st May 2026, electric cars registered from April 2025 onwards will start paying Vehicle Excise Duty for the first time. If you bought your EV in the past year, you’ve got about four weeks before your free ride ends. Here’s exactly what you’ll pay, and whether it actually changes the case for going electric. … Read more
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
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
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