Calls for VAT relief on e-car 'street charging'

ELECTRIC car owners with driveways are paying less to power their vehicles at home than those forced to rely on on-street charging points.

- David Williamson

The disparity risks “undermining the Government’s net-zero transport strategy”, claim critics.

Campaigners are now calling for VAT on public charging points to be slashed from 20 per cent to the domestic rate of five per cent.

The Government plans to ban the sale of new diesel and petrol cars from 2030.