Rules checked 13 October 2026 View sourcesUK car tax, explained independently
Evidence & transparency

Follow the information back.

Official guidance underpins the tax model. Registration data and manufacturer evidence support different parts of the directory. Headlines have a separate refresh schedule.

Official rules & platform guidance

Government

HM Treasury: eVED consultation response

Checked 13 October 2026

Open source
Government

GOV.UK: electric and low emission vehicle tax

Checked 13 October 2026

Open source
Government

HMRC: £50,000 electric car threshold

Checked 13 October 2026

Open source
Government

HMRC: company car tax rates, 2028–2030

Checked 13 October 2026

Open source
Advertising

Google AdSense eligibility

Checked 13 October 2026

Open source
Advertising

Google: UK publisher consent requirements

Checked 13 October 2026

Open source
Government

DVLA: what the tax list price includes

Checked 13 October 2026

Open source
Government

GOV.UK: buying and taxing a vehicle

Checked 13 October 2026

Open source
Government vehicle data

DfT: UK vehicle registration data (VEH0120)

Checked 14 October 2026

Open source
Government methodology

DfT: vehicle data definitions and limitations

Checked 14 October 2026

Open source
Data licence

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0

Checked 14 October 2026

Open source

How broad is the catalogue?

263registration-based entries
402editorially maintained listings
248confirmed original tax list prices

406 identified model families and 1,650 named variants across the directory. Registration records widen coverage beyond cars currently on sale. Names can include variants, imports, discontinued models and vehicles converted to electric power. Records are not a complete specification database. Body style, new-car availability, photographs and tax list prices need separate verification.

All usable named battery-electric passenger-car records in the DfT quarterly extract are reconciled, supplemented by checked manufacturer ranges. Missing names and conflicting fuel labels are excluded. Registrations include imports and conversions, are not a list of cars currently on sale, and can contain errors. Newly launched cars may precede the quarterly data. Prices and photographs are available only where separately verified.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Catalogue data checked 14 October 2026.

Registration data and its limits

“First observed” and “last observed” refer to quarters in the dataset, not a vehicle’s build date or model year. Licensed counts describe the source quarter. No current-sale or price claim is inferred from those counts.

Official registration source

Browse entries with registration-record status. Each model page gives its evidence and available variants.

What still needs verification?

We publish exact version prices when the original manufacturer evidence supports them. A purchase price can be verified while its tax-list components remain unresolved. A dated new-car price is not the original price of every used car in that model family.

153 classified model records have licensed photographs. 248 exact listings have a sourced tax-list basis. Unusual registration-only conversions and imports need individual vehicle evidence.

223 classified model records have a price or photo gap

Missing evidence is kept visible rather than replaced with a different car’s image, a discounted offer, a grant-adjusted value or an assumed original list price.

Manufacturer & price evidence

Evidence is grouped by source here. Individual model pages show the exact listing, checked date and whether its tax list price is confirmed.

Additional manufacturer evidence is available on each model’s directory page.

News feed health

Feed availability shows retrieval status, not editorial verification. A failed feed may still have previously retrieved headlines.

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Editorial changes

14 October 2026

Expanded to 408 BEV directory entries plus the existing PHEV example; reconciled 1,650 named DfT variants through Q2 2026 and checked UK manufacturer additions. Added current, used/historic and announced status evidence, with audited missing/fuel-conflict/quadricycle exclusions. Original verified prices and licensed images preserved. Sources: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/vehicle-licensing-statistics-data-files and per-model official manufacturer links.

13 October 2026

Initial government-source tax rules and manufacturer catalogue published; representative vehicle photography credited by licence.

13 October 2026

Initial official-source review. Corrected electric car supplement threshold to £50,000. Added the July 2026 eVED consultation outcome and manufacturer entries.