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Vehicle Taxation: The next 25 years
In the near term we recommend that Government withdraws the increase in vehicle excise duty for EVs scheduled for April 2025 and introduce an efficiency-based VED system which applies to electric, petrol and diesel cars alike, irrespective of age. This would raise VED for certain cars sold pre-2017 which have benefited from 7 years of anomalously low rates - by a maximum of £85 a year for some petrol and hybrid cars, and £125 for some diesel vehicles, with the changes brought in over 2 years.
Many drivers of cleaner cars - not just electric cars or newer cars - will pay less. Government should rule out road pricing for this Parliament, instead providing forward guidance on vehicle tax levels, using a transparent methodology.
In the medium term - as we move towards a world where electric vehicles form the majority of cars on the road - it is appropriate that vehicle excise duty accounts for a greater share of road taxation, to reflect the fact that environmental impacts are more concentrated in production than in use.
A reduction in VAT on public charging is both affordable and necessary to get car owners without access to home charging to switch. It can, if necessary, be paid for by changes to VED.
Catch-22%
A briefing explaining how the CO2 flexibility in the Zero Emissions Mandate will give carmakers breathing room in their efforts to meet the UK's EV targets.
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Price Parity 2024
Many analysts have forecast that upfront price parity - where a buyer pays no more for an EV than a petrol car - will be reached by 2026.
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State of the Switch 2024
2023 represents the last year in which the sale of EVs was seen as voluntary. Thanks to ambitious policy, we are now in a new era of EV markets.
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Switch First Save Fast
Supporting measures which encourage high mileage drivers to electrify at a faster rate puts EVs in the hands of those who will drive and save most.
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Delays Have Dangerous Ends
Assessing the impact of the phase-out delay announced by the UK government on motorists and the UK’s ability to hit net zero.
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ZEV Mandate Q&A
An explainer on the ins and outs of the ZEV mandate, as well as an assessment of what it will and will not do to the UK car and van market.
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ZEV Mandate Policy Design
A response to the final ZEV mandate consultation conducted by the UK Government in which we lay out our response to the government’s proposal.
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State of the Switch 2022
Our annual look at the year's news and data from the electric vehicle transition, showing a booming industry growing in popularity.
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On the Road to 2030
An in depth analysis of the state of the charging infrastructure industry, with an emphasis on the public charging network.
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EVs and Road Tax
An analysis of the Chancellors August 2022 announcement that BEVs will pay road tax from 2025, at a higher rate than many ICE vehicles.
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Electric Vehicle Batteries
A briefing analysing the embedded carbon in BEVs and the current R&D seeking to reduce the environmental and social cost of producing batteries.
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Accelerating the Switch
A response to the UK government’s second consultation for the ZEV mandate in which New AutoMotive calls for greater ambition.
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State of the Switch 2021
New AutoMotive’s first look back at the rate of electrification in the UK for 2021.
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EVs for All
A call for action to the government to enact a ZEV mandate which will ensure an increasing supply of BEVs on the road to the phase-out.
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Ending Sales of Fossil Fuelled Cars and Vans: The Facts
A look at what the ending of fossil fuelled car sales will look like and what it will mean for UK motorists, the economy and the environment.
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Driving Down the Cost
A briefing on the savings to motorists that a phase-out of fossil fueled vehicles would unlock.
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The Missing Metric
A briefing on how to best measure the transition to electric vehicles in the UK in order to help with future planning.
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