Overview
- Reported options include reducing VAT on public charging from 20% to 5% and cutting network and standing charges passed on to drivers.
- Ministers are also examining targeted relief for motorists without off‑street parking, who pay far more to charge away from home.
- Data cited in reports show typical prices of about 8p/kWh at home versus roughly 54p/kWh on public units, with some sites hit by standing fees rising from under £100 to nearly £40,000 a year.
- The eVED would charge EVs 3p per mile and plug‑in hybrids 1.5p from 2028, with average costs estimated at about £255 a year for an EV driver.
- The government highlights purchase grants of up to £3,750 and over £7.5bn of EV sector investment and says a review of public charging costs is underway.