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Electric Vehicles: Excise Duties

Commons · Question 97127 · Tabled 4 Dec 2025 · Treasury · Official record

Answered 11 Dec 2025

Question

Asked by Wendy Morton

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of introducing a 3p-per-mile charge for electric cars and 1.5p for plug-in hybrids on low-income households, the environment, society and the economy.

Answer

Answered by Dan Tomlinson, 11 Dec 2025

As announced at Budget 2025, the Government is introducing Electric Vehicle Excise Duty (eVED) from April 2028, a new mileage charge for electric and plug-in hybrid cars, recognising that EVs contribute to congestion and wear and tear on the roads but pay...