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Under the plans laid out in the Autumn Statement, electric cars registered from
He said: "There's no doubt the duty change on electric vehicles is not helpful. It won't help the adoption of EVs for sure - we were surprised to see that (in the Autumn Statement). EV cars aren't getting any cheaper quickly and increasing duty at this stage is disappointing." Since EVs came onto the market, these models have been exempt from annual road tax as the government has sought to incentivise take-up of electric cars.
But with an increasing number of drivers choosing EVs - 14.6 per cent of all new cars registered in 2022 up until the end of October were electric - the government is under increasing pressure to help fill the financial gap left by their road tax exemption.
Hunt said on making the announcement that it would "make our motoring tax system fairer" as the
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