{"id":423991,"date":"2026-02-13T17:53:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T17:53:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/423991\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T17:53:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T17:53:11","slug":"rachel-reeves-confirms-ev-charge-that-would-hit-thousands-of-uk-households","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/423991\/","title":{"rendered":"Rachel Reeves confirms EV charge that would hit thousands of UK households"},"content":{"rendered":"

New tax will apply to owners of certain cars<\/p>\n

10:56, 09 Feb 2026Updated 08:40, 13 Feb 2026<\/p>\n

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Rachel Reeves has announced the new tax.(Image: Anadolu via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

A new tax has been confirmed for motorists who use driveway or public charging points to boost their electric vehicles (EVs).<\/p>\n

EV owners will see running costs surge by hundreds of pounds, in a fresh cost-of-living blow.<\/p>\n

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced the controversial pay-per-mile tax, which will target owners of EVs and plug-in hybrids.<\/p>\n

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It will see these motorists charged based on how much they travel.<\/p>\n

A 3p-per-mile fee will apply to drivers of EVs, and 1.5p-per-mile for plug-in hybrids.<\/p>\n

The 3p rate means someone doing 10,000 miles a year would have to pay \u00a3300.<\/p>\n

The average Brit covers 8,500 miles over a year – though millions do much more than that.<\/p>\n

It’s sparked claims those who face long commutes or live in rural areas will be unfairly targeted.<\/p>\n

But ministers point out petrol and diesel drivers are already charged in this way through fuel costs and duty.<\/p>\n

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Falling fuel duty as more motorists switch to electric has prompted the move.<\/p>\n

The new tax will not come into force until April 2028.<\/p>\n

Treasury minister Dan Tomlinson outlined the Government’s plans saying: “At autumn Budget 2025, the Government announced the introduction of Electric Vehicle Excise Duty (eVED), a new mileage charge for electric and plug-in hybrid cars, which will come into effect from April 2028.<\/p>\n

“Drivers will pay for their mileage alongside their existing Vehicle Excise Duty (VED).”<\/p>\n

A consultation document on the new pay-per-mile charge states: “It will be set at half of the equivalent rate of fuel duty for electric cars, and half again for plug-in hybrid cars.<\/p>\n

“eVED will ensure all car drivers contribute, but will still maintain important incentives to switch to an electric vehicle.<\/p>\n

“eVED will not require ‘trackers’ in cars, nor will the Government ask people to interact with a whole new tax system: car drivers will pay for the miles they drive alongside paying their usual road tax (VED).”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New tax will apply to owners of certain cars 10:56, 09 Feb 2026Updated 08:40, 13 Feb 2026 Rachel…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":423992,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[84,59,6040,1445,56,54,55,2932],"class_list":{"0":"post-423991","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-gb","10":"tag-motoring","11":"tag-rachel-reeves","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-unitedkingdom","15":"tag-your-money"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423991","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=423991"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423991\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/423992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=423991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=423991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=423991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}