Electric Vehicles: Excise Duties
Commons · Question 110474 · Tabled 3 Feb 2026 · Treasury · Official record
Answered 11 Feb 2026
Question
Asked by Navendu Mishra
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the policy justification is for applying interest to instalment payments of Electric Vehicle Excise Duty; and whether her Department considered alternative models for collecting eVED.
Answer
Answered by Dan Tomlinson, 11 Feb 2026
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 electric vehicles (EVs) contribute to congestion and wear and tear ...