CHANCELLOR Rachel Reeves unveiled her plans for the nation’s finances in the Autumn Budget in late November. While it’s easy to switch off from all the Whitehall drama – and after the last few years,

The UK government’s new pay-per-mile tax on electric cars will also apply to plug-in hybrid cars, chancellor Rachel Reeves announced in her long-awaited Autumn Budget. The new charge is set to cost an

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MILEAGE 2801 WHY WE’RE RUNNING IT Is this the best cheap EV on the market? If you have a scientific background, please look away now. Go on, turn the page; Alex has written about cheap Bentleys. For t

The pre-discount price set by car makers, including registration, delivery and first-year road tax. Prices for electric vehicles costing up to £37,000 don’t include the Government grant of up to £3750

PERFORMANCE: This is the manufacturer’s claimed acceleration time for a car, and is measured from 0-60mph or 0-62mph (0-100km/h), in seconds. ECONOMY/EMISSIONS/RANGE: Combined WLTP economy in miles pe