Electric Vehicles: Excise Duties
Commons · Question 2234 · Tabled 18 May 2026 · Treasury · Official record
Answered 27 May 2026
Question
Asked by Greg Smith
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 23 April 2026 to Question 127591 on Electric Vehicles: Costs, whether the Treasury has made projections of when the proposed electric Vehicle Excise Duty pay-per-mile rates will reach
Answer
Answered by Dan Tomlinson, 27 May 2026
The Government is committed to ensuring that driving an electric vehicle (EV) is an attractive choice for consumers. The electric vehicle Excise Duty (eVED) rate paid by electric car drivers will therefore be half the equivalent fuel duty paid by the aver...