EV road tax in UK from this 2025 April!?

[jameswardprowse]

Here petrol and diesel drivers are saying, “Welcome to the club, EV folks!”

But due to this, EV market is going to take a huge hit with these new tax hikes and charging costs creeping up! Petrol and diesel drivers have been dealing with fuel duty and road tax for years, and now EV owners are getting a taste of it too.
Will this slow down EV adoption, or is it just a bump in the road? What do you lot think?

[66HFM]

jameswardprowse said:

Here petrol and diesel drivers are saying, “Welcome to the club, EV folks!”

But due to this, EV market is going to take a huge hit with these new tax hikes and charging costs creeping up! Petrol and diesel drivers have been dealing with fuel duty and road tax for years, and now EV owners are getting a taste of it too.
Will this slow down EV adoption, or is it just a bump in the road? What do you lot think?

I think one of the big negatives is the £40k 'Additional Tax' that nearly all mid size EVs will fall into.

I suppose that its seen as less of an issue for leased vehicles as its all rolled up into the monthlies.

We've just renewed the road tax on our Honda e:Ny1 6 months early, to take advantage of the 'free' road tax for a further 12 months and then come September 2025 it goes back to Honda!
One of the bigger frustrations maybe all of those post 2017 petrol/diesel cars that are currently paying £35/year and will increase to £195 from April...

Edited by 66HFM on Thursday 20th March 11:44

[Olivergt]

66HFM said:

I think one of the big negatives is the £40k 'Additional Tax' that nearly all mid size EVs will fall into.

I suppose that its seen as less of an issue for leased vehicles as its all rolled up into the monthlies.

We've just renewed the road tax on our Honda e:Ny1 6 months early, to take advantage of the 'free' road tax for a further 12 months and then come September 2025 it goes back to Honda!
One of the bigger frustrations maybe all of those post 2017 petrol/diesel cars that are currently paying £35/month and will increase to £195 from April...

Is that going to be 195 per month!

That's madness, I though my 1800 euro for my M3 was bad here in Ireland, but that's going to be silly money for something mundane.

[66HFM]

Olivergt said:

66HFM said:

I think one of the big negatives is the £40k 'Additional Tax' that nearly all mid size EVs will fall into.

I suppose that its seen as less of an issue for leased vehicles as its all rolled up into the monthlies.

We've just renewed the road tax on our Honda e:Ny1 6 months early, to take advantage of the 'free' road tax for a further 12 months and then come September 2025 it goes back to Honda!
One of the bigger frustrations maybe all of those post 2017 petrol/diesel cars that are currently paying £35/month and will increase to £195 from April...

Is that going to be 195 per month!

That's madness, I though my 1800 euro for my M3 was bad here in Ireland, but that's going to be silly money for something mundane.

Good spot, now corrected!
If we were to register our Honda e:Ny1 (one of the cheap PCP deals from last year) today it would cost £35 for the next 12 months and £195 annually, but if we were to first register it on 1st April it would be £195 for the first 12 months and then £605 annually (for years 2-6 onwards)... I can't see many people wanting to pay that on a 5 year old EV...

[SuperPav]

Thanks, great reminder to renew 12 months free tax on my 158k mile Leaf.... a £20 VED hike would be more than the car is worth.

[Cold]

It's about time really. In fact, EVs could do with having an increased rate of VED to replace the tax income lost at the petrol pumps.

[WPA]

66HFM said:

We've just renewed the road tax on our Honda e:Ny1 6 months early, to take advantage of the 'free' road tax for a further 12 months and then come September 2025 it goes back to Honda!

One of the bigger frustrations maybe all of those post 2017 petrol/diesel cars that are currently paying £35/year and will increase to £195 from April...

Is it 100% changing on non EV's or is from a certain point, seen various answers but would say a BMW d from 2018 that is currently £20 per year go up.

Edited by WPA on Thursday 20th March 12:22

[richhead]

If my ice car tax is going up aswell, can i tax it early does anyone know?

[plfrench]

jameswardprowse said:

Here petrol and diesel drivers are saying, “Welcome to the club, EV folks!”

But due to this, EV market is going to take a huge hit with these new tax hikes and charging costs creeping up! Petrol and diesel drivers have been dealing with fuel duty and road tax for years, and now EV owners are getting a taste of it too.
Will this slow down EV adoption, or is it just a bump in the road? What do you lot think?

This won’t make any difference to EV adoption as that is only driven by new car sales. The majority of new car sales are to fleets and you’d be insane to go non-EV from a tax perspective as a company car / Salary sacrifice user. The differential between EV and non full EV is increasing significantly from 1st April. Hybrids are leaping up a lot. So, if anything, the changes to taxation from 1st April will further accelerate EV adoption, particularly when combined with the ZEV Mandate affect pushing manufacturers to get them sold.

[CraigyMc]

richhead said:

If my ice car tax is going up aswell, can i tax it early does anyone know?

Yes, you can.
You can cancel your road tax and retax it at the end of this month, which will get you another year of road tax at this year's rate.

Same goes for the EV crowd.


For what it's worth my 109g/CO2 diesel from 2011 is still only £20 a year next year. My V6 exige is £710. I average them my my head...

[Cupramax]

Cold said:

It's about time really. In fact, EVs could do with having an increased rate of VED to replace the tax income lost at the petrol pumps.

They have, all post 2017 EV’s have lost the free tax and gone on to a base rate of £190, but the real killer is new EV’s over £40k getting battered with luxury tax for 5 years, there’s some mundain cars way over £40k which no one in there right minds is going to pay that amount of tax on, and they wonder why nobodies buying new cars.

[ChocolateFrog]

Still so many anomalies. £190 for an EV. But £20 for an old dirty diesel.

Only £5 more than a 10hp 125 the last time I looked.

[ChocolateFrog]

jameswardprowse said:

Here petrol and diesel drivers are saying, “Welcome to the club, EV folks!”

But due to this, EV market is going to take a huge hit with these new tax hikes and charging costs creeping up! Petrol and diesel drivers have been dealing with fuel duty and road tax for years, and now EV owners are getting a taste of it too.
Will this slow down EV adoption, or is it just a bump in the road? What do you lot think?

A huge hit from an extra £15 a month running costs.

I highly doubt it. I save that running an EV every 2 days.

[CraigyMc]

ChocolateFrog said:

Still so many anomalies. £190 for an EV. But £20 for an old dirty diesel.

Only £5 more than a 10hp 125 the last time I looked.

Actually the other way round, 125cc VED is £25 from April.

[Square Leg]

CraigyMc said:

Yes, you can.
You can cancel your road tax and retax it at the end of this month, which will get you another year of road tax at this year's rate.

Same goes for the EV crowd.


For what it's worth my 109g/CO2 diesel from 2011 is still only £20 a year next year. My V6 exige is £710. I average them my my head...

Ah, the old averages..
Our Golf R is £600 a year, my Evora 410 only £190.

My 3 cyl 900cc van though is still £335

[plfrench]

Cupramax said:

Cold said:

It's about time really. In fact, EVs could do with having an increased rate of VED to replace the tax income lost at the petrol pumps.

They have, all post 2017 EV’s have lost the free tax and gone on to a base rate of £190, but the real killer is new EV’s over £40k getting battered with luxury tax for 5 years, there’s some mundain cars way over £40k which no one in there right minds is going to pay that amount of tax on, and they wonder why nobodies buying new cars.

Except they are... last month was 2nd highest Feb car sales since their chart started in 2009, second only to last year...

https://www.smmt.co.uk/vehicle-data/car-registrati...

[Cupramax]

Getting in before the tax rises…

[andrewpandrew]

ChocolateFrog said:

A huge hit from an extra £15 a month running costs.

I highly doubt it. I save that running an EV every 2 days.

Absolutely this. It's a drop in the ocean compared to the real cost savings of running an EV.

On our main family car we save over £125pm compared to our previous ICE car.

[ChocolateFrog]

CraigyMc said:

ChocolateFrog said:

Still so many anomalies. £190 for an EV. But £20 for an old dirty diesel.

Only £5 more than a 10hp 125 the last time I looked.

Actually the other way round, 125cc VED is £25 from April.

Bonkers. Although I think it's been £15 for atleast 25 years.

Those Passats and other cars in the £20 bracket will still be around for years.

[CraigyMc]

ChocolateFrog said:

CraigyMc said:

ChocolateFrog said:

Still so many anomalies. £190 for an EV. But £20 for an old dirty diesel.

Only £5 more than a 10hp 125 the last time I looked.

Actually the other way round, 125cc VED is £25 from April.

Bonkers. Although I think it's been £15 for atleast 25 years.

Those Passats and other cars in the £20 bracket will still be around for years.

I just electively had the motor on mine (320d/ED) overhauled (timing chain, etc) at 175K, hopefully will keep running for a few years more. It's been a cracking car anyway.