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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 ...