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
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 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