Consultation on the Introduction of Electric Vehicle Excise Duty (eVED)
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Detail of outcome
At Autumn Budget 2025, the government announced the introduction of electric Vehicle Excise Duty (eVED), a new mileage-based charge for electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid vehicles, which will take effect from April 2028.
The government launched a consultation on eVED, which set out further details on how eVED would work and sought views on its design and implementation. The consultation ran from 26 November until 18 March 2026 and received over 5,000 responses.
The consultation response summarises the main views shared through the consultation and provides the government’s response to these as well as next steps.
Original consultation
Consultation description
At Budget 2025, the government announced electric Vehicle Excise Duty (eVED): a new mileage charge for electric and plug-in hybrid cars, which will take effect from April 2028. This consultation sets out further detail on how eVED will work and seeks views its design and implementation.
How to respond
This consultation is hosted on an online survey platform called SmartSurvey. To respond to the consultation, please use the following weblink: https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/eVEDconsultation/
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This document has been updated to remove two references formerly in paragraph 4.23 which were included in error, with no accompanying footnote.
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