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Currently, electric vehicle owners are exempt from paying car tax. This is about to change. The government have announced that vehicle tax for electric, zero or low emissions is changing as of 1st April 2025.
How to tax your EV for free for an extra year?
According to moneysavingexpert.com EV owners whose cars were first registered on or after 1st April 2017 should re-tax their vehicles before 1st April 2025.
This will push back the deadline for when you need to pay tax on your EV to when you are next due to renew it.
You can see below, Martin Lewis' post on X explaining this.
Do you have an Electric Vehicle? Urgent trick to save you cash.
— Martin Lewis (@MartinSLewis) March 20, 2025
Please share with anyone it's relevant for.
A snippet from my 'Beat April Deadlines' show, watch the full thing on: https://t.co/E4G3bE8FwG pic.twitter.com/W2DIb4KDTm
It doesn't matter if you are not due to tax your vehicle yet, you can re-tax your car any time using your car registration number and your V5C Logbook.
How much will my EV cost to tax after 1st April?
To get an accurate price of how much your vehicle will cost to tax, it's recommended that you check the government website.
It was always inevitable that electric vehicle were going to be taxed. This change will affect many electric vehicle owners in the UK. It also takes away an incentive that some potential EV customers were taking into consideration during their EV purchasing journey, making it harder for dealerships and manufacturers to reach their government-set sales targets of 25%.
If you are a car dealership owner looking at ways to increase your reach to potential EV customers, have a chat with one of our digital marketing specialists, they will be happy to sit down and come up with a strategy that will help your increase your online visibility.