UK Road Tax Rates From April 2025 And How It Affects Electric Vehicles

29th December 2024

On the 30th October 2024, Rachel Reeves delivered her first budget for the new UK Labour Government.

In this budget were changes to the vehicle excise duty (usually called "road tax") to encourage the shift to electric vehicles by doubling the new rates on all but the most efficient new petrol and diesel cars in their first year.

However, the detail was missing and even now at the end of the year, the DVLA still hasn't published the new rates from April 2025.
In this video I go through the changes and how it affects owners of electric cars and vans and those looking to buy a new car in 2025. But I also cover the rates for petrol and diesel cars as that's the real shock under the new pricing structure from April 2024.