Electric Vehicle Per-Mile Charge Calculator (eVED, April 2028)

Electric Vehicle Per-Mile Charge Calculator

Enter your expected annual mileage and vehicle type to see the yearly eVED bill from April 2028. The charge is paid on top of any Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) that already applies from April 2025.

How the eVED charge works

Electric Vehicle Excise Duty, or eVED, is a per-mile charge on electric and plug-in hybrid cars announced at the Autumn Budget on 26 November 2025 and scheduled to start in April 2028. The purpose is to replace some of the fuel duty revenue that HM Treasury loses as drivers switch away from petrol and diesel.

The two headline rates are 3 pence per mile for pure electric vehicles and 1.5 pence per mile for plug-in hybrids, which continue to pay fuel duty on any petrol they use. The rates apply to cars, and consultation is still underway on how the charge will interact with vans, motorcycles and heavier vehicles. Collection is expected to work through annual odometer readings taken at MOT time and reconciled by DVLA.

Rates from April 2028

Source: Autumn Budget 2025, HM Treasury policy paper. Rates are those announced at launch; the Treasury has committed to reviewing them at each subsequent fiscal event.

What eVED means in practice

Average UK car mileage. Cars in Great Britain average about 7,400 miles a year on the latest Department for Transport figures. At 3p per mile that puts the typical BEV eVED bill at around £222 a year, on top of the £195 flat-rate VED that already applies to electric cars registered after April 2017.

High-mileage driver. A pure EV covering 15,000 miles a year would owe £450 in eVED, or roughly £38 a month. This is still materially less than the fuel duty paid by a comparable petrol car (about £900 a year at current pump prices and consumption).

Company car BEV. Company car drivers pay eVED separately from Benefit-in-Kind. BiK on electric company cars rises from 3% in 2025/26 to 7% by 2028/29, and eVED is an additional cost on top — typically borne by the driver, not the employer, though contracts vary.

Common questions

Do I still pay standard road tax (VED)? Yes. From April 2025 electric cars pay the standard VED flat rate (£195 for cars registered after April 2017) and the expensive-car supplement where the list price was over £40,000. eVED is a further per-mile charge on top of this.

How is mileage measured? The current proposal is annual odometer readings via the MOT database, reconciled with DVLA. Drivers may also be able to self-declare through a Government Gateway account. A grace period is expected for the first year to allow the collection mechanism to bed in.

Are older EVs exempt? No. The Autumn Budget documents state the charge applies to all cars propelled wholly or mainly by electricity, regardless of registration date.

What if I do very low mileage? There is no fixed minimum. A driver covering only 1,000 miles a year in a BEV would owe just £30 in eVED. This is a key reason the government chose per-mile rather than a flat annual charge.

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