Vehicle tax 2025 and 2026: This is how much you pay for a plug-in hybrid

We have already written a lot about the vehicle tax on electric cars from 2025 and 2026. However, the tax climate will also change for hybrids.

Pay more for a plug-in hybrid

There is still a lot of uncertainty about the vehicle tax regulations for electric cars and plug-in hybrids. Unless government policy changes, electric or hybrid vehicle owners will pay much more.

We’ve already written about how much you’ll pay for an electric car in 2026. With hybrid vehicles the difference is less significant.

Vehicle tax 2025

If you now drive a plug-in hybrid with emissions of less than 50 grams of CO2 per kilometer, you will receive a 50 percent discount on vehicle tax. This applies until 2024.

From January 2025, this discount percentage will be reduced to 25 percent. So you pay 75 percent of the vehicle tax rate.

Vehicle tax 2026

From 2026, like with electric cars, you will have to pay the full price for your hybrid. The discount on vehicle tax for plug-in hybrids is then 0 percent. This means you’ll pay more for a BMW 330e than a 330i. At 1,745 kilograms, the plug-in hybrid weighs 240 kilograms more than the petrol 330. For the BMW without a plug, you pay 868 euros in vehicle tax per year in the province of North Holland. For the plug-in you will pay 1,052 euros per year from 2026 (with prices remaining the same).

Plug-in hybrid emits more than on paper

Although plug-in hybrids emit less than cars with just a gasoline engine, the cars often do not achieve the specified CO2 values, especially with a lot of plug-in drive.

Previous studies have shown that a BMW 330 does not emit the stated 36 grams of CO2 per kilometer, but more than three times as much. In practice, the Renault Megane plug-in hybrid would also emit 70 percent more than the factory states.