Hybrid car road tax

We are still adding models. This list is being expanded.

Hybrids are taxed as ordinary petrol or diesel cars. The £10 alternative-fuel discount that used to apply to plug-in hybrids and self-charging hybrids was removed from 1 April 2025, so a hybrid now pays exactly the same first-year and standard rates as a non-hybrid car with the same CO₂ emissions and fuel type.

The current standard rate from year 2 is £200. The expensive car supplement still applies to hybrids on the £40,000 ICE threshold, not the higher £50,000 zero-emission threshold, even though plug-in hybrids can run on electricity for short distances. The reasoning, set out in the official guidance, is that they are not zero-emission cars and still emit tailpipe CO₂ when the petrol or diesel engine runs. Full rules at vehicle tax for electric and low-emissions vehicles.