Getting made redundant is stressful enough without worrying about whether you’re about to lose your company car or face a surprise tax bill. If you’ve got an EV on salary sacrifice, here’s what actually happens to the car, the payments, and your tax position when you lose your job. The three main outcomes When your … 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
Vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology, which lets your car send electricity back to your home or the grid, has spent years in the “coming soon” category. But in 2026, it’s actually available to buy in the UK. Not as a trial, not as a concept, but as something you can genuinely install in your house. The question … 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
After years of pilot schemes and breathless predictions, vehicle-to-grid technology is finally something you can actually buy and use in the UK. But the reality is messier than the hype suggests. Only a handful of cars work with it, you need specific equipment, and whether it saves you money depends entirely on your circumstances. Here’s … 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
Plug and Charge is one of those EV features that sounds brilliant on paper: you rock up to a compatible charger, plug in, and it just starts charging. No app to open, no RFID card to wave, no contactless payment to fumble with in the rain. The car and charger talk to each other, sort … 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
After years of trials and delays, Ofgem has finally approved several vehicle-to-grid (V2G) chargers for home installation. That means you can now legally use your EV as a giant battery to power your house and sell electricity back to the grid. The question is whether you should actually bother. I’ve spent the last month digging … Read more