The Chancellor’s plans to tax electric car owners in two years’ time are already putting drivers off switching to EVs, research has found.Thirty-one per cent of motorists say the proposed pay-per-mile tax has made them reconsider running a battery-powered car today, despite the scheme not coming into force until April 2028.Rachel Reeves announced her electric vehicle excise duty (eVED) plans in the Autumn Budget.They will see owners of fully electric cars pay 3p for every mile. Plug-in hybrid drivers will also be charged at a reduced rate of 1.5p per mile on top of the conventional fuel duty they pay on a litre of petrol, which by April 2028 will be 57.95p or higher.The policy is part of the Chancellor’s bid to claw back lost fuel duty revenue as Britain moves to zero-emission vehicles — but experts warn it could strangle the transition to less polluting cars and make existing EV owners return to vehicles with combustion engines.Of the 2,000 drivers surveyed by Confused.com, only 38 per cent of those who own an EV today said they will ‘definitely keep’ them once the tax comes into effect.Pay-per-mile is predicted to raise £1.9 billion for the Government’s coffers by 2030. The loss of fuel duty is forecast to create a £40 billion black hole for the Treasury by the end of the decade. Three in ten motorists told Confused.com that the proposed pay-per-mile EV tax has already put them off considering an electric car today and in the future
A third of drivers won't buy an EV due to pay-per-mile - are you one?
Pay-per-mile road tax is set to come into effect in April 2028 and will see EV drivers pay 3p per mile driven. Almost one in three motorists say the road tax has already put them off buying an EV.
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