Written Question·Treasury·UIN 96548

Electric Vehicles: Excise Duties

Tabled: 2 December 2025
Answered: 10 December 2025

Question

Sarah Pochin

Reform UKRuncorn and Helsby

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential distributional impact of the new taxation of electric vehicles on households with lower incomes.

Answer

Dan Tomlinson
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...

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