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Expensive car supplement list price threshold for zero-emission cars (registered on or after 1 April 2025)

50000 GBP list price

2026-27, from 2026-04-01 · verified 2026-10-04 against the official source · next expected change 2027-04-01

an electric car or motorhome with a list price of more than £50,000 … This also applies to electric vehicles registered between 1 April 2025 and 31 March 2026.

key

uk/ved-electric/expensive-car-supplement-threshold

value

50000 GBP list price

period

2026-27

effective

2026-04-01 to date

source

https://www.gov.uk/vehicle-tax-rate-tables

verified

2026-10-04 — fresh (33 days ago; next check by 2027-04-01)

next expected change

2027-04-01 (annual: a fixed day each year)

source checked

2026-11-02 (the newest day the automated check fetched the source page)

previous

40000 GBP list price (2025-26) from 2025-04-01

hash

sha256:524969765ab5c72efc48232dd8c67c6c4eda2b4c1e5017eef9f42b65145553b4

signature

EdDSA, key db-2026-10 — keys

As JSON

curl -s https://databutler.dev/f/uk/ved-electric/expensive-car-supplement-threshold?max_age=30d — schema; verify with npx verified-facts verify https://databutler.dev/f/uk/ved-electric/expensive-car-supplement-threshold

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