£460 road tax on an EV???

[Ken Figenus]

Just helped a mate buy an i3 with REX. A great little drive - was quite composed pushing it on a bumpy B road! He's just gone to tax it though and its well over £400 as it cost over £40k (just) new in 2017. Its therefore about £100 less than my 6 litre V12 So much for road fund licence being rebranded based on emissions! I think its costly for 5 years and then its £0 - unless they change the rules again. Anyone understand it better? Thx

[Ken Figenus]

Too much range anxiety with a BEV commuting Cardiff to Bristol when its 5 degrees! REX makes it work and avoids too much liaison with HR/the sack!

Thanks for clarifying though - have to say i was REALLY taken aback by that annual car tax rate. This is NOT the punitive message gov should be sending. This especially as he's paying £800 for a bl00dy subsidised 240v plug outside (he hopes to have PV so needs a fancier one) that still only supplies 7Kw MY PV diverter to a 20kw storage heater was £100...

I'm pretty disillusioned with all these maths I have to say - where is the incentive? All talk?

[Ken Figenus]

Thanks - quite a gotcha this one. Guess the 1st owner got caught too - losing one option would have fixed it! New owner will only have to pay it twice though.

That REX will save his bacon one day. Only experience will tell but a 3 degree 70mph 50mph trip x 2 feels edgy for it... And its a few years old now so the battery pack will be a little less efficient. Then add heaters, lights, air con etc...

Edited by Ken Figenus on Monday 6th July 15:14

[Ken Figenus]

dmsims said:

So in summary they bought the wrong car

The (94ah - not 120ah)) car is completely right - the 'annual emissions charge' is an unexpected shock and unreasonable when the ethos is to promote EV's. They have fixed this anomaly since for EV's over £40k so maybe it was the government policy that was wrong rather than the car? Can't get the staff ehh?