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Fleet calendar // Tax

When does the pay-per-mile EV tax (eVED) start?

It is on 1 April 2028, 519 days from today.

519 days to go

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What changes

Electric Vehicle Excise Duty begins: 3p a mile for battery-electric and hydrogen cars and 1.5p a mile for plug-in hybrids, uprated with CPI from 2029-30. Vans, buses, coaches and HGVs are out of scope at introduction.

Who it affects

Company car drivers, salary sacrifice schemes and fleet managers costing electric cars.

What to do before it

Add eVED to whole-life cost models for electric cars on order now.

Source

HM Treasury: Electric Vehicle Excise Duty, consultation response. Confirmed: in law or officially announced with this date.

In THRIVE's reporting

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