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EV £195 Road Tax April 2025 - for Evs registered 2017-April 2025

SuzeQStan · 2025-02-04 18:35:06

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/vehicle-tax-for-electric-and-low-emissions-vehicles So this isn’t just for new EVs - all evs registered from 2017-April 2025 - that’s pretty much all of them! Also if your EV is RRP over 40k then there is an additional charge of £400 per annum on top the road tax for the 1st 5 years you pay road…

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5 February 2025 at 5:45PM

KCS1503 said:

The way that I read this is that my low emission diesel Peugeot which currently costs me nothing to tax will from 1st April be subject to a £20 tax.

Surely I could re-tax my car in March and defer the increase until 2026 - the same as is being suggested for EVs?

I don't see any reason why not.

I want to go back to The Olden Days, when every single thing that I can think of was better.....

(except air quality and Medical Science )
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