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Originally Posted by Lancpudn
Blimey! just read about the DVLA writing to people who have converted their ICE cars to electric in the last decade telling them they're reversing the fuel type from electric back to the original fuel type & asking them to back tax & licensing fees  There are quite a few companies that have sprung up over recent years doing these conversions. |
Just been doing some more digging & from what I can gather it's a year specification thing, Cars Pre 2001 the VED rates were classed on engine size & if converted to electric the DVLA just needed the proof of conversion with receipts to change the fuel type over to electric & £0 taxation class but from 2001 the VED rates were taxed on CO2 emissions for this class of vehicle, This figure cannot be altered on the registration docs for the life of the car. Hence DVLA say even if a car is converted, they will not change the Taxation Class to electric and will continue to demand VED at the current rate for that emissions class - even though it now produces 0% CO2.