UK Declares War on Electric Vehicles With Pay-per-Mile Tax Starting From 2028
The Electric Vehicle Excise Duty will charge 3 pence per mile for battery EVs and 1.5 pence for plug-in hybrids, Treasury officials said.
- Autocar investigated the rising popularity of mileage blockers ahead of the UK's April 2028 electric vehicle tax, which critics warn could incentivize odometer tampering to avoid costs.
- Mileage blockers are becoming increasingly popular as drivers seek to reduce motoring costs, despite being illegal to use on public roads. The devices "have the potential to save drivers from big fines and higher insurance quotes."
- Peter Golding, CEO of FleetCheck, warned that the new tax increases temptation to tamper with odometers, noting that covering 20,000 miles annually in an EV could result in a £600 bill.
- Wendy Swaine, an expert in vehicle provenance at Cap HPI, said people tamper with mileage primarily for financial gain, such as avoiding penalties on PCP or lease contracts and reducing eVED liability.
- Presented with Autocar's findings, a Treasury spokesperson said it is "considering further options to mitigate against odometer tampering" and will "widen existing law and strengthen enforcement" to minimize fraud.
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Driving in electricity, if we charge at home, offers a cost per kilometre without competition, especially in the face of heavily taxed oil. A kind of tax advantage according to the United Kingdom, which decided to introduce a new tax per kilometre, the Electric Vehicle Excise Duty. How long will it take for France to do the same?
UK Declares War on Electric Vehicles With Pay-per-Mile Tax Starting From 2028
If you're an EV owner living in the UK, you're not going to be happy reading this headline as the British government has just confirmed plans to debut a new pay-per-mile tax come April of 2028. Known as the Electric Vehicle Excise Duty (eVED), this measure will apply to both battery electric cars as well as plug-in hybrids. EV drivers will be taxed with 3 pence per mile, which is the equivalent of four cents (USD), whereas PHEV ... (continue rea…
Two years until EV pay-per-mile tax - but mileage blockers threaten
Hard-to-detect tech is used illegally on UK roads – prompting fears about its use with incoming eVED The government's pay-per-mile scheme for electric cars and plug-in hybrid vehicles, which is due to start in two years' time, faces a major threat from devices called mileage blockers that are easy to buy and to fit and freeze a car's odometer, an investigation by Autocar has found. Pay-per-mile charging, officially called eVED, is scheduled to …
As of 1 April 2028, the United Kingdom will introduce a tax per kilometre for electric and hybrid vehicles, in order to compensate for the drop in revenues from the fuel tax. In France, no tax will be charged...
Drivers will have to pay an amount based on the distance travelled. In great financial difficulty, London hopes to draw between one and two billion euros a year.
In 2028, the United Kingdom will introduce a tax per kilometre on electric cars and plug-in hybrids. In the face of the decline in fuel revenues, could France in turn review its car taxation?
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