Written Question·Treasury·UIN 118384

Hybrid Vehicles: Excise Duties

Tabled: 5 March 2026
Answered: 12 March 2026

Question

Perran Moon

LabourCamborne and Redruth

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the proposed Electric Vehicle Excise Duty pay per mile charge for plug in hybrid vehicles will apply only to the mileage driven using electric power, or to the vehicle’s total mileage.

Answer

Dan Tomlinson
Electric and plug-in hybrid (PHEV) cars will be in scope of electric Vehicle Excise Duty (eVED) on the basis they can be plugged in to charge, where the electricity input is not subject to a fuel duty equivalent. PHEVs have the capacity to drive in either...

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