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00:00:00 Budget 2026: EV charging winners and losers00:02:30 Budget 2026: did it make EV charging cheaper?00:08:07 Hyundai Ioniq 6 UK price: is it worth it now?00:12:00 What is EV tariff porting and how would it work?00:18:10 Who pays for cheaper EV charging: petrol drivers?00:22:40 How many EV chargers does the UK have now?00:25:28 Budget 2026 for EV drivers: your questions00:28:41 Free EV tools and the Primetime EV ClubBudget 2026 EV charging. Public EV charging VAT 20% UK. Cost of Public EV Charging Review. This week on Primetime EV Live: four stories and an explainer in about 25 minutes.THE BUDGET GAVE, AND TOOK. The Treasury set up a tariff porting taskforce and a £100m fund to cut local public charging prices from spring 2027. It also wrote 20% VAT on public and workplace charging into law from 1 November. The government's own review finds rapid-only drivers pay 24p a mile against 22p for petrol, and public AC prices are up 69% in real terms since 2021.HYUNDAI IONIQ 6 FROM £33,240. The facelift qualifies for the £3,750 Electric Car Grant, with an 84kWh battery on every UK car and up to 422 miles WLTP. Charged at home it costs around £140 a year to run on 7,500 miles. Mostly on rapids, around £1,700.EXPLAINER: WHAT IS TARIFF PORTING? Plug into a public post near home and pay your household rate, plus an access fee (the review's example is £200 a year). Our maths puts it at 4.5p to 10p a mile, against about 15p on public AC today. No dates are set.WHO PAYS FOR CHEAPER CHARGING? The review's fuel-certificate idea would add under 0.4p a litre. The government hasn't adopted it. The bigger risk is savings never reaching drivers.MORE CHARGERS, NO CHEAPER. Zapmap counts 124,738 UK public charge points, with ultra-rapids up 39% in a year. But the review finds rapids in use only 3–4% of the time, so fixed costs land on very few kilowatt hours. Price anxiety is the new range anxiety.──────────────────────────────⚡ JOIN THE PRIMETIME EV CLUB — FREEThe cheapest public charging rates every month, plus the best lease deals we find. Direct to your inbox, no algorithm.👉 primetimeev.com/club📧 [email protected]──────────────────────────────

Cross-pavement charging UK 2026. Council EV charging league table. Hyundai Ioniq 3 UK price. EV cost per mile. ZEV mandate consultation. This week on Primetime EV Live — four stories and an explainer in 25 minutes.THE CROSS-PAVEMENT CHARGING LEAGUE TABLE 2026. We checked all 153 highway councils in England. Only 14 take applications for a pavement cable channel today; 103 took government money and have nothing a resident can use. Three — Kent, West Northamptonshire and Brighton & Hove — took the money and still say no. In London, 36% of boroughs block channels, against 6% elsewhere.HYUNDAI IONIQ 3 FROM £18,495. The entry 42kWh car is £22,245, or £18,495 after the £3,750 Electric Car Grant. The 61kWh car is £21,995 after grant with a claimed 308 miles. Hyundai hasn't published the small battery's range or the DC charging speed yet.EXPLAINER — WHAT DOES CHARGING COST PER MILE? Price per kWh divided by miles per kWh. At 3.5 mi/kWh: 6.6p overnight is under 2p a mile, a 54p street charger about 15p, a 79p rapid about 23p. Charge at home at the wrong time and it's about 10p.THE NEW RULES FROM 21 OCTOBER. Cross-pavement channels installed or authorised by the highway council no longer need planning permission in England — except in conservation areas, listed building grounds and scheduled monuments. Council consent is still required. A new consultation on charging for tenants and leaseholders closes 16 December.ZEV MANDATE REVIEW CLOSES TONIGHT. The consultation closes at 11:59pm on 23 October. The FT reports the government is considering a lower 2030 target; that's a report, not a decision.──────────────────────────────⚡ JOIN THE PRIMETIME EV CLUB — FREECheapest public charging rates every month · best lease deals we find. Direct to inbox, no algorithm.👉 primetimeev.com/club📧 [email protected]──────────────────────────────

00:00:00 EV news: breakdowns, record sales, pavements00:01:47 Do electric cars run out of charge often?00:07:50 Why are EV sales a record but still short?00:11:50 How does cross-pavement EV charging work?00:18:00 How do I respond to the ZEV mandate review?00:21:44 Would UK drivers buy a Chinese car?00:24:08 Your EV questions answered: grants, used EVs00:27:38 Join the Primetime EV Club (free)AA EV Readiness Index 2026. UK electric car sales September 2026. ZEV mandate consultation. Cross-pavement charging UK. This week on Primetime EV Live — four stories and an explainer in under 30 minutes.DO ELECTRIC CARS RUN OUT OF CHARGE? Rarely. In the AA's Q3 2026 EV Readiness Index, running out of charge caused 1.3% of electric car callouts, down from 8.3% in 2015. AA patrols fixed 88.1% of EV callouts at the roadside, against 83.5% for petrol. Used EVs now cost about 1% more than comparable petrol cars; new EVs are still about 25% dearer.RECORD SEPTEMBER, STILL SHORT. 99,201 battery electric cars were registered in September — a record month and 28.3% of the market (SMMT). Year to date, the share is 26.2% against a 33% ZEV mandate target, and the SMMT says another 265,000 EVs would be needed in Q4. For buyers, that pressure usually means discounts.CROSS-PAVEMENT CHARGING, EXPLAINED. About 8 million households in England have no off-street parking. A cable channel in the pavement lets you charge at home rates. You still need your council's consent for the pavement work; planning rules are being simplified; and there's a grant of up to £500 for on-street households.THE ZEV MANDATE REVIEW CLOSES 23 OCTOBER. The public consultation shapes what's on sale up to 2030. How to respond in five minutes via the GOV.UK survey or [email protected] YOU BUY A CHINESE CAR? Chinese brands took 15.8% of UK new car sales in August, up from 5.5%. But 42% of AA members say they wouldn't consider one.──────────────────────────────⚡ FREE: Join the Primetime EV ClubCheapest charging rates · best lease deals · weekly EV digest. Direct to inbox, no algorithm.👉 primetimeev.com/club📧 [email protected]──────────────────────────────

00:00:00 Should I switch to an EV? October 2026 news00:03:45 Is a hybrid cheaper to run than an EV?00:10:50 Which energy supplier is best for EV drivers?00:15:55 Hybrid vs plug-in hybrid vs EV: which suits you?00:22:45 Are electric lorries cheaper than diesel?00:26:40 How much is the Jaguar Type 01 in the UK?00:28:42 Can I get the EV grant on a used car?00:33:05 Subscribe & Join the ClubShould I switch to an electric car, or is my hybrid good enough to keep? Seven real UK drivers brought their own numbers to the first Should I Switch? TikTok Live. If you can charge at home, switching almost always pays: a 16,000-mile diesel commuter saves about £2,540 a year. If you can't, a good hybrid is still the honest answer — for now. At 10,000 miles a 55mpg hybrid costs about £1,450 in petrol, against £230 for an EV charged at home and £1,630–£2,380 on public chargers.Also in this episode: which energy supplier is best for EV drivers, according to new Ofgem-commissioned research (Octopus Energy 91%, nine points clear); hybrid vs plug-in hybrid vs range extender vs electric car explained, with pay-per-mile tax from 2028; whether electric lorries are already cheaper than diesel; and the £130,000 UK-built Jaguar Type 01.Correction: the Electric Car Grant does not end next March.Join the free Primetime EV Club for the cheapest charging rates and best lease deals: primetimeev.com/club

00:00:00 Diesel record & EV news, October 2026 00:03:53 Is an EV really 9x cheaper than diesel?00:10:25 Is EV insurance more expensive in the UK?00:14:39 Are hybrids more reliable than EVs?00:21:33 Does 0% VAT apply to EV charging?00:25:30 Is the UK building enough EV batteries?00:28:00 Q&A - Should I switch from diesel to an EV now?00:31:37 Subscribe & Join the ClubDiesel has hit a UK record of £2 a litre. Is an electric car really nine times cheaper to run in 2026? Plus EV insurance, 0% VAT on home electricity, your MOT comments and the UK battery gap.DIESEL HITS A RECORDThe RAC says diesel averaged 199.18p a litre on 28 September, up 40% since February. Carbon Brief puts an EV on off-peak home charging at 2.3p a mile, against 21p for diesel. On the standard price cap it's 7p. On public rapid chargers, Zapmap's August average works out at about 23p a mile — level with diesel.EV INSURANCE: THE GAP IS £46MoneySuperMarket's Electric Car Insurance Index, published 1 October, puts the average EV premium at £556 against £510 for petrol and £536 for diesel. The Renault 5 is cheapest at £418; the Jaguar I-Pace dearest at £922.THE VERDICT: YOUR MOT COMMENTSA correction on hybrids from last week's 47.4 million MOT test study. Hybrids lead the overall table, but hold the car constant and the lead disappears: the electric Hyundai Ioniq beats the hybrid, the Kia Niro is a dead heat. Over 80,000 miles, the electric Hyundai Kona fails 13% of MOTs against 17.8% for the petrol.0% VAT AT HOME, 20% IN PUBLICFrom 1 October 2026 to 31 March 2027, domestic electricity in Great Britain carries no VAT. Public charging stays at 20%. The Budget is on 28 October. And the UK's green fuel credit scheme, the RTFO, pays out for hydrogen but not electricity — worth 2.5–8.5p a kWh to charge point operators in Europe, according to ChargeUK.£7BN FOR BRITISH BATTERIESNew AutoMotive says £7bn is committed to UK battery making, but confirmed factories cover 56GWh of the 115GWh a year needed by 2035.Join the free Primetime EV Club: primetimeev.com/club