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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent

Electric car owners to pay road tax from 2025, Jeremy Hunt announces

A woman holds a cable to charge an electric vehicle
Battery-electric vehicles (EVs) make up an increasing proportion of the cars on UK roads. Photograph: Eric Gaillard/Reuters

Electric car owners will have to pay vehicle excise duty, better known as road tax, from 2025, the chancellor has announced.

Industry figures said the imposition of VED could slow the transition to electric cars.

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