Leaving the company-car scheme? The three-year-old EVs I’d actually buy in 2026
The maths that made your EV cheap disappears the day you hand back the keys. Salary sacrifice and a low…
Independent UK guidance on premium used cars, salary-sacrifice EVs, warranty and specialist insurance.
Salary-sacrifice EVs, used premium EVs, charging and the running-cost math that British buyers need but the schemes’ sales pages tend to skip. Coverage compares Octopus EV, Loveelectric, Tusker, ElectriX and other UK providers; works through BiK, P11D and net-monthly cost for higher-rate and additional-rate taxpayers; and reviews specific cars on salary sacrifice for their suitability to a UK driver. Includes year-by-year reliability and depreciation notes for used EVs (Tesla, Polestar, Genesis, Mercedes EQ, BMW i, Porsche, Range Rover Electric) and the charging-network reality on UK long trips.
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