Electric Vehicles: Excise Duties
Commons · Question 127370 · Tabled 14 Apr 2026 · Treasury · Official record
Answered 22 Apr 2026
Question
Asked by Scott Arthur
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make it her policy to bring in (a) relief and (b) reduction in Vehicle Excise Duty rates for UK-manufactured battery electric vehicles.
Answer
Answered by Dan Tomlinson, 22 Apr 2026
Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) is a tax on vehicles used or kept on public roads. As announced by the previous Government at Autumn Statement 2022, from April 2025, zero emission and hybrid cars, vans and motorcycles now pay VED in a similar way to petrol and ...