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Rachel Simmons

Rachel is a former financial journalist who got into EV writing after spending three weeks trying to understand her own company car tax implications and realising that if a financial journalist couldn’t work it out, normal people had no chance. She has a particular talent for making spreadsheets entertaining, or at least tolerable. Before writing full-time, she spent six years at a consumer finance publication that no longer exists, which she insists is unrelated to her tenure.

How the New EV Road Tax Actually Works: What You’ll Pay from April 2025 Onwards

22 March 2026 by Rachel Simmons

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

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How much does it actually cost to charge an electric car in the UK?

22 March 2026 by Rachel Simmons

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

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