Tax on EVs blasted

THE boss of Halfords has hit out at the Chancellor’s move to start taxing electric cars, warning it will hold back the switch from petrol and diesel motors.

Chief executive Graham Stapleton said Jeremy Hunt’s autumn budget announcement that electric vehicles (EVs) would no longer be exempt from road tax from 2025 was “disappointing”. EVs registered from April 2025 will pay the lowest rate of £10 in the first year, then move to the standard rate, which is currently £165.