United Kingdom EV road tax calculator.
United Kingdom taxes electric vehicles on list price — purchase value. Enter the specs below and the figure is computed from that structure, in GBP (£).
- Tax year
- 2026
- Charged on
- List price
- purchase value
- Last checked
- 2026-10-15
Zero-emission cars pay a reduced first-year rate of GBP 10, then the standard annual rate. The expensive-car supplement applies for 5 years from the second tax payment and uses a HIGHER GBP 50,000 list-price threshold for electric cars (GBP 40,000 for petrol and diesel). Zero-emission cars registered before 1 April 2025 remain exempt from the supplement.
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Enter the specs above and we will compute the figure from United Kingdom's published structure.
The rule
How United Kingdom taxes electric vehicles.
Zero-emission cars pay a reduced first-year rate of GBP 10, then the standard annual rate. The expensive-car supplement applies for 5 years from the second tax payment and uses a HIGHER GBP 50,000 list-price threshold for electric cars (GBP 40,000 for petrol and diesel). Zero-emission cars registered before 1 April 2025 remain exempt from the supplement.
- Charged on
- List price · purchase value
- Legal basis
- Vehicle Excise Duty - cars registered on or after 1 April 2017 (GOV.UK vehicle tax rate tables)
- Confidence
- verified
- Source
- Open the authority page
Reviewed against that source. See the methodology for how the figure is derived, and the disclaimer for its limits.
Rate structure
List price
Read from the rule we hold for United Kingdom and shown here exactly as the calculator uses it. The calculator applies it to your specifications, including any exemption window for the year you registered the vehicle.
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