Which EV would you get?

[dicko]

I saw a small VW E UP! On a dealers forecourt yesterday and thought hmm nice small four door transport that would suit us. However, the road tax is £200 per year and our Ford Ka is £35 per annum. So why is that lovely small E UP! taxed so much? Surely there’s something wrong with the taxation decisions?

 

[Dadam]

I saw a small VW E UP! On a dealers forecourt yesterday and thought hmm nice small four door transport that would suit us. However, the road tax is £200 per year and our Ford Ka is £35 per annum. So why is that lovely small E UP! taxed so much? Surely there’s something wrong with the taxation decisions?

VED has moved to more flat rates.

When your Ka was new, VED rates were on CO2 emissions so your car was quite low but EVs were zero rated. Now it's changed in recognition that EVs still emit pollutants (CO2 and others during manufacture, rubber particulates from tyre wear and emissions for energy generation) and they still contribute just as much to congestion.

 

[glasgowcyclist]

VED has moved to more flat rates.

When your Ka was new, VED rates were on CO2 emissions so your car was quite low but EVs were zero rated. Now it's changed in recognition that EVs still emit pollutants (CO2 and others during manufacture, rubber particulates from tyre wear and emissions for energy generation) and they still contribute just as much to congestion.

Yep. My old Fabia was £zero VED from 2011 until last year, when it jumped to £20. My Kia Niro EV is £195.

 

[Alex321]

VED has moved to more flat rates.

When your Ka was new, VED rates were on CO2 emissions so your car was quite low but EVs were zero rated. Now it's changed in recognition that EVs still emit pollutants (CO2 and others during manufacture, rubber particulates from tyre wear and emissions for energy generation) and they still contribute just as much to congestion.

No, it has changed in recognition of the fact that the government needed more tax.

Which is also why VED has moved to more flat rates.