Overview
- Chancellor Rachel Reeves is expected to unveil a VED-plus, pay-per-mile system for electric vehicles, which has been reported but not yet legislated.
- Coverage points to a likely rate of about 3p per mile, which would cost a typical private EV driver roughly £297 a year at 9,900 miles and a business user about £341 at 11,380 miles.
- A government spokesman framed the change as restoring fairness because petrol and diesel drivers pay fuel duty while there is currently no equivalent for EVs.
- A Stonehaven poll of 2,249 adults found 71% support EV drivers paying at least some tax, with stronger backing if revenues cut public charging costs or fund road repairs.
- Industry figures, including the SMMT and Volvo’s chief executive, warned the timing is wrong and flagged equity concerns for more than 10 million homes without cheap off-street charging, as the UK’s EV fleet reaches about 1.4 million.