EV Road Tax - From £0 To £195 A Year!

[rjfp1962]

This topic (or similar) must have been done elsewhere, but I was randomly on a number plate/vehicle check site - Typed in a couple of friends registrations only to see their cars going from £0 to £195 a year to tax! One is a Mustang Mach-E and the other a Vauxhall Mokka.

I'm not an ev driver myself and this move is unlikely to encourage me to change...!

[PBCD]

rjfp1962 said:

This topic (or similar) must have been done elsewhere...

Here you go:
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

[Zero Fuchs]

Meh. Drop in the ocean TBH

[Jazoli]

Vehicle tax in the UK is really cheap, why shouldn’t EV owners pay their ‘fair’ share?

[Zero Fuchs]

Jazoli said:

Vehicle tax in the UK is really cheap, why shouldn’t EV owners pay their ‘fair’ share?

It was previously on emissions duh. Goalposts moved so they are now the same.

Tailpipe emissions, before someone chimes in with brake dust or tyre particulates

[TheBinarySheep]

Since I switched to EV, I'm saving £2-3k in running costs each year. This tax isn't going to make much difference to me.

It does however appear to be a silly decision if the idea is to push people into EV's.

[Evanivitch]

Jazoli said:

Vehicle tax in the UK is really cheap, why shouldn’t EV owners pay their ‘fair’ share?

Of course they should (and I say that as a household with 2 EVs for daily)

Not sure why a post 2015 ZEV pays many times more tax than a pre-2017 diesel or petrol though...

(Years might be wrong)

Edited by Evanivitch on Friday 16th May 09:32

[DSMSMR]

Jazoli said:

Vehicle tax in the UK is really cheap, why shouldn’t EV owners pay their ‘fair’ share?

+1

[Ankh87]

You can always buy a petrol or diesel that is £35 a year.
It's not like this £195 came out of no where, it was all over the place.
End of the day if you don't want to pay it then there's plenty of other options that won't cost you any road tax.

[FlatSixBoxer]

Even with the rise, EVs are still going to be the cheaper of ICE and EV to tax for new and ongoing vehicles. so it is still going to be a motivator to switch in the longer term.

[andrewpandrew]

rjfp1962 said:

This topic (or similar) must have been done elsewhere, but I was randomly on a number plate/vehicle check site - Typed in a couple of friends registrations only to see their cars going from £0 to £195 a year to tax! One is a Mustang Mach-E and the other a Vauxhall Mokka.

I'm not an ev driver myself and this move is unlikely to encourage me to change...!

If you can't afford £195, maybe car ownership isn't for you?

[Mikehig]

The extra £410 (?) for each of years 2 - 5 for all cars - including EVs - over k£40 list price is a much bigger hit.

[JD]

rjfp1962 said:

This topic (or similar) must have been done elsewhere, but I was randomly on a number plate/vehicle check site - Typed in a couple of friends registrations only to see their cars going from £0 to £195 a year to tax! One is a Mustang Mach-E and the other a Vauxhall Mokka.

I'm not an ev driver myself and this move is unlikely to encourage me to change...!

What kind of person checks theirs friends cars are taxed and insured I think is the bigger question here.

And you do this often to notice the change from £0 to £195

[ScoobyChris]

Evanivitch said:

Not sure why a post 2015 ZEV pays many times more tax than a pre-2017 diesel or petrol though...

(Years might be wrong)

Edited by Evanivitch on Friday 16th May 09:32

Think the start date is April 2017 (when they introduced the luxury car tax). Our 2016 EV is now £20.

Chris

Edited by ScoobyChris on Friday 16th May 13:19

[Benny Saltstein]

Mikehig said:

The extra £410 (?) for each of years 2 - 5 for all cars - including EVs - over k£40 list price is a much bigger hit.

This - that £40k is the threshold for the lux car tax seems wholly out of date now.

[Zero Fuchs]

Mikehig said:

The extra £410 (?) for each of years 2 - 5 for all cars - including EVs - over k£40 list price is a much bigger hit.

That's true. Although we're really back to the diesel days where people just need to crunch the numbers. If you have a drive, do average miles or more and can buy an EV without paying much more than an equivalent ICE then an EV will still make sense for private buyers. Even more so for company or business users.

I ran an i3s REx through the business and paid the £40k tax (only just stopped paying it recently). The savings still made it a no brainer.

[Evanivitch]

Ankh87 said:

You can always buy a petrol or diesel that is £35 a year.
It's not like this £195 came out of no where, it was all over the place.
End of the day if you don't want to pay it then there's plenty of other options that won't cost you any road tax.

What are the options that won't cost you any road tax? A nearly 10 year old car?

[ScoobyChris]

Ankh87 said:

You can always buy a petrol or diesel that is £35 a year.
It's not like this £195 came out of no where, it was all over the place.
End of the day if you don't want to pay it then there's plenty of other options that won't cost you any road tax.

The change means all cars from April 2017 are taxed the same way from the 2nd year, irrespective of emissions. Anything before that (and post March 2001) is on the emissions based scale and EVs and low-emission petrol/diesels are much less than £195.

Chris

Edited by ScoobyChris on Friday 16th May 13:20

[SDK]

As an EV owner I'm happy to contribute towards the wider vehicle tax system

Not too happy about the older dirty diesels getting a very cheap pass on this, they should be taxed off the road !

[Monkeylegend]

EV owners should be paying more, they are so much heavier