Electric Vehicles: Excise Duties
Commons · Question 95837 · Tabled 1 Dec 2025 · Treasury · Official record
Answered 9 Dec 2025
Question
Asked by Ben Obese-Jecty
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the findings of the Office for Budget Responsibility’s Economic Financial Outlook on the potential impact of the new pay-per-mile tax on
Answer
Answered by Dan Tomlinson, 9 Dec 2025
As announced at Budget 2025, the Government is introducing Electric Vehicle Excise Duty (eVED) from April 2028. The rate of eVED for EVs will be half of the equivalent fuel duty rate paid by the average petrol/diesel driver, ensuring that EVs are cheaper ...