Electric Vehicle Excise Duty consultation: comment

“While these mixed signals on EVs from government risk confusing drivers, eVED will not stop EVs remaining significantly cheaper to run than petrol cars, delivering savings of over £1000 a year.

“But a rumoured Government u-turn on EV sales targets would really put British drivers at a disadvantage, incentivising car companies to sell their electric cars elsewhere, leaving the UK more heavily reliant on hybrids which don’t do the mileage they claim, costing drivers more while at the same time continuing to emit air pollution.

"So far government policy to encourage EVs has broadly worked with targets hit and in June around a third of new cars being EVs. But with trouble still ongoing in the Middle East risking higher pump prices, any slowdown will ultimately hurt regular families struggling with a cost-of-living crisis and soaring fuel bills. New EVs today are second-hand EVs in a couple of years where huge savings on driving bills can be made, insulating drivers from price shocks.”