From April 2026, electric cars will pay Vehicle Excise Duty (VED, often called road tax) for the first time. If you’ve been putting off understanding exactly what this means for your wallet, here’s the full breakdown with real numbers and real cars. The Basic Rate: What Most EV Drivers Will Pay From the second year … Read more
If you registered your electric car before 1 April 2025, you’re still exempt from Vehicle Excise Duty (VED, or road tax). If you registered on or after that date, you’re now paying road tax for the first time, and if your car cost more than £40,000 when new, you’ll be paying quite a lot of … Read more
From April 2026, electric vehicles pay Vehicle Excise Duty (VED, or road tax) for the first time. If you bought your EV before this date, you’ve had a good run. If you’re buying now, here’s exactly what you’ll pay. The Basic Numbers Every electric car registered from 1 April 2025 onwards pays the standard rate … Read more
From 1 April 2025, electric vehicles will no longer be exempt from Vehicle Excise Duty (VED), the annual tax most of us still call road tax. If you’re driving an EV, you’ll be paying £195 per year for the first time. And if your car had a list price over £40,000 when new, you’ll be … Read more
From 1 June 2026, electric vehicle owners will start paying Vehicle Excise Duty (VED, often called road tax or car tax) for the first time in the UK. If you own or are considering an EV, here’s exactly what you’ll pay and how it compares to petrol and diesel equivalents. The New Rates: Three Categories … Read more
If you own an electric car registered between April 2017 and March 2025, you’re now receiving your first Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) bill. That £195 annual charge, which kicked in from 1 April 2025, marks the end of EVs’ road tax exemption. And if your car cost more than £40,000 when new, you’re looking at … Read more
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
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