Car Mechanics

Rates of tax

Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) rates (or road tax as many refer to it) in the UK have risen from April 1st across most sectors.

I’ll start with new cars registered from April 1st. A £0 band for cars emitting zero emissions – BEVs – still exists. However, from 2025, VED will be applied to new BEV cars and existing ones registered on or after April 1, 2017. First year rates will move out of the current Band A (£0) and move to Band B (£10) for newly purchased cars, then increase to £180 from the

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