Electric car road tax for 2026 to 2027
Updated 26 October 2026. Electric cars pay vehicle tax. GOV.UK introduced that on 1 April 2025 for new and existing vehicles. The figures below are the rates in force from 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2027. The first year for a new zero-emission car is £10, and the standard renewal is £200.
To see if a particular car is taxed, use the car tax check. A stored specification price on a report is not the same as these published rates.
It depends when the car was registered
- Registered on or after 1 April 2025: £10 for the first year, then £200 a year.
- Registered from 1 April 2017 to 31 March 2025: the standard rate of £200. There is no separate first-year charge left to pay.
- Registered from 1 March 2001 to 31 March 2017: GOV.UK states a 12-month rate of £20 for an electric or other zero-emission car.
That split is on GOV.UK: vehicle tax for electric and low emission vehicles, last updated 2 April 2026.
The £50,000 list price
An electric or zero-emission car pays the extra £440 only when it was registered on or after 1 April 2025 and the list price was more than £50,000. The extra runs for five years from the second year. The 12-month total is then £640. A zero-emission car registered before 1 April 2025 does not pay the supplement, whatever it cost. The £40,000 threshold is for petrol, diesel and other non-electric cars. See the expensive-car supplement guide.
Hybrids
Hybrids are alternative-fuel cars, not zero-emission cars. The £10 annual discount has been removed. Registered on or after 1 April 2017, the renewal is £200. Registered before 1 April 2017, the annual rate follows the CO2 band. A new hybrid’s first year also follows CO2: there is no single hybrid price. The expensive-car test for a hybrid is a list price of more than £40,000.
A mileage charge is not part of this tax year
Electric Vehicle Excise Duty, the pay-per-mile charge, is announced for 1 April 2028. It is not added to a 2026 or 2027 renewal. The pay-per-mile guide has the published pence-per-mile rates. Vans and motorcycles have their own GOV.UK tables and are not covered by the car figures above.