NHS (AFC) milege for electric vehicles.

[TravellingSpoon]

Does anyone have any experience of this?

I am thinking of getting an EV. I know what the rate is for my diesel car, and our mileage policy talks about 'any type of fuel', but I cant find anything i relation to electric cars. A google search reveals anecdotal stories on 5p a mile, but that cant be right, can it?

I'd be horrified to get a lower rate for my electric vehicle. I get exactly the same rate as for petrol cars and quite right too. yes it costs me less in immediate fuel buying, but buying the electric car in the first place was £4000 more than buying the equivalent petrol or diesel car, and the tiny "profit" I make when claiming work mileage is paying off that initial upfront cost. across the lifetime of the vehicle the costs of initial purchase, servicing charges (higher for electric) and fuel are broadly equivalent, there is no justification for a lower rate and if your employer policy says any fuel type then that's ok.

businesses who buy and maintain their fleet of company cars but expect employees who are borrowing them to buy their own fuel can certainly have a lower rate for electric but that's fairly rare.

Don't know about the NHS, but HMRC allow 45p a mile for the first 10,000 miles as an allowable expense for the self-employed and make no distinction for the type of engine.

If it's your own car and you claim mileage, it's 45 p per mile to cover all costs, not just fuel.

If it's a lease car paid for by your employer, you get the HMRC advisory rates for fuel only, which were 5 p per mile, but rise to 8 p per mile today. (If you Google, you can see this on a snippet of a HMRC webpage, but I can't see it when clicking onto the actual page).

Petrol rates have gone down from 18p to 17p today!

Thank you, thats the kind of clarity I was hoping for. It will be my own car.

Right, I know this is a super old thread, but I have follow up questions. Is it correct to say that if you have a lease vehicle provided by your company, you get the HMRC advisory rates, regardless of whether the vehicle is petrol, a hybrid, or electric?

Thanks for any advice anyone can give.