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What is the normal pence per Kw?
When are you going fully electric?
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What is the normal pence per Kw?
Soldato
E-ON Next Drive is currently the cheapest, See here for all the EV tarriffs compared
Electric vehicle energy tariffs
Energy suppliers are offering tariffs aimed at electric vehicle owners. If you're an EV owners in the UK, should you go for one?
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Tomato Lifestyle (EV) looks the best rate though the company is new so not much feedback.
about 24p, so it's a decent saving.
The last Conservative government implemented this change.....
Yeah, but Labour are extracting the readies.
Man of Honour
Road Tax was abolished in 1937 dude, normal taxation and Council tax pays for the roads.
EV owners don't pay because of zero emissions.
The new ideas are to go back to a Road Tax.
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They do pay VED from April 2025
Man of Honour
I'm not bothered, no one bought an EV because they didn't have to pay for VED
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They can't call it Vehicle Excise Duty because there's no emissions? What?
I didn’t say they did
Man of Honour
They can't call it Vehicle Excise Duty because there's no emissions? What?
15 mins ago I wrote that and 30 secs later removed it, you replied from a notification so try again
Just for clarification you can see there was 1 minute from my edit to your reply when I realised my mistake
For a split second I thought the E in VED stood for emission
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I opened the thread, the post was there, I replied to it - try what again?15 mins ago I wrote that and 30 secs later removed it, you replied from a notification so try again
Just for clarification you can see there was 1 minute from my edit to your reply when I realised my mistake
For a split second I thought the E in VED stood for emission
Soldato
Oh look another crackpot MG EV driver angry at the world.
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unfortunately of course they will, its easy money for them, they get to take the cash, but at the same time blame someone else for bringing it in, its the dream for any party in power.
sooner or later we EV drivers had to start paying tax, every year that goes by as more and more EV drivers go on the road it had to happen.
However, i wont lie, i think it is being implemented in a pretty unfair way. Car tax has not usually been retrospective before, hence dirty old "eco" diesels still paying next to bugger all tax. It is insanity to me that existing EVs on the road will be paying more tax than diesels.
imo there are 2 ways they could have implemented it, both fairer....... (my choice) 1) from this day forward all new EVs pay tax. this is how its usually done and is workable now because EVs are pretty close to parity to ICE cars price wise once discounts are taken into account.
EV drivers in cars already on the road have already paid a premium to get an EV, which means they paid more tax already in he form of VAT (tax sweetners not withstanding but not everyone were able to get that i know i didnt! so that is a separate issue). Part of the equation of that increased premium could well have been lack of car tax, as well as cheap public charging.... obviously cheap public charging is now practically history.
or 2) also fair, but possibly harsher......... every single car on the road pays a base rate of tax, no exemptions, then keep the emissions premium as well, that way all cars pay tax, but you still keep an incentive to choose a cleaner car when renewing... alternatively, base rate of tax for all cars but increase fuel duty more........ it isnt always the case but in general, cleaner ICE cars use less fuel, so a rough yardstick that would cover increase emissions as more fuel tax...... again not my choice but better than what we are getting imo
but either way, under no circumstances should EVs pay more tax than ICE vehicles imo.... well not if the government wants to keep any credibility of trying to clean up the air pollution.
and before people say, "well it is cheaper to run an EV"....... well it is for some people for sure, however (and this is a rare time i get to turn the tables on our media here) what about the people who cant charge at home who are still expected to get an EV. they may pay more for charging their car at public charging stations AND have to pay more to tax their car.... they may as well keep buying diesels for as long as they can, which isnt what the government claim they want.
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Man of Honour
Explain?
Just telling somebody he has never had Road Tax, I was doing that with all my ICE cars since 1975.
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Your other posts still make no sense.15 mins ago I wrote that and 30 secs later removed it, you replied from a notification so try again
Just for clarification you can see there was 1 minute from my edit to your reply when I realised my mistake
For a split second I thought the E in VED stood for emission
On the subject of upcoming VED changes, does anyone know a way to get the original list price easily? I'm thinking about a cheap heat pump model 3 standard range as a runabout, but would prefer to land in that £190 bracket not the 'luxury' bracket? Does this mean I'm restricted to white cars? I can't remember if picking black/blue/red pushed it over 40k? Looking at 71/22 plates.