£5,000 grant for electric car buyers?

[laam999]

I heard on the news on radio one that come Jan there will be a £5,000 grant for anyone buying an electric car.

I myself wouldn't mind paying say £3,000 of my own cash for a brand new car to do the shopping in that I didn't need to worry about fueling etc.

The first thing I'd like to know is where is in the UK do you but electric cars and how much is the cheapest?

Would anyone else consider this since it's fairly cheap and I'd still keep both my C2 and my mk1 MR2 for what they're currently used for (almost have myself an eight car lockup, should find out soon s storage is no problem)

Liam

[glazbagun]

MIght be better with a G-Whizz if your plan's to grab a bargain:

http://www.which.co.uk/news/2010/05/nissan-leaf-pr...

Edited cau'se apostrophe spazness.

Edited by glazbagun on Wednesday 28th July 10:48

[unpc]

So you're getting £5k off the government and £3K from yourself and you're going to buy an electric car for £8k, new? I could be wrong but a) the £5k incentive has been scrapped and b) the cheapest workable electric car is likely to be in the region of £30k and would still have the range of a well thrown rock. Good luck with that!

[was8v]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-10783287

"Electric car subsidy spared cuts by government"

"It means that anyone who buys an electric plug-in car from next year will get a 25% discount up to a maximum of £5,000."



So its £5k off a 20k+ car.

[Uhura fighter]

glazbagun said:

MIght be better with a G-Whizz if you're plan's to grab a bargain:

http://www.which.co.uk/news/2010/05/nissan-leaf-pr...

G Whizz isn't a car.

Rather be on a bike in a crash.

[Greenwich Ross]

Hold out for the 'leccy Boxster!

[williamp]

No, the £5k is still available, however it is for a maximum 25% of the vehicle value. So you cant buy a £6k vehicle with a £5k grant.

As for where to buy, A Nissan dealership? Online- type in electric car buy and you'll find loads of the things.

[Twincam16]

Greenwich Ross said:

Hold out for the 'leccy Boxster!

Or a second-hand Tesla

[jdw1234]

This is the electric car for me!

http://www.atomik-cars.com/

Anyone else have a look at Hurlingham last week? Awesome in the flesh.

[frosted]

There are no plug in electric cars for sale in the uk . Bar tesla and gwiz which are two extremes

[Greenwich Ross]

Twincam16 said:

Greenwich Ross said:

Hold out for the 'leccy Boxster!

Or a second-hand Tesla

Saw a lovely blue one of those in Turnham Green on Monday evening. I rather like them although you can never hear them coming.

[ian_c_uk]

I believe it's a 25% grant, up to a maximum of 5k/30k purchase price.

[laam999]

I geussed it would be eiter a scrappage type scheme or a % of price grant, oh well, I just figred it might have been a good way to get a cheap shopping trolly and keep servicing costs down on my other cars.

Worth a try I geuss

Liam

[Twincam16]

Greenwich Ross said:

Twincam16 said:

Greenwich Ross said:

Hold out for the 'leccy Boxster!

Or a second-hand Tesla

Saw a lovely blue one of those in Turnham Green on Monday evening. I rather like them although you can never hear them coming.

Saw one being given the beans at Cholmondeley, a lovely metallic lime green colour. They do make a sound of sorts, a futuristic electrical whine. Needs amplifying for the benefit of pedestrians though.

[sjg]

was8v said:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-10783287

"Electric car subsidy spared cuts by government"

"It means that anyone who buys an electric plug-in car from next year will get a 25% discount up to a maximum of £5,000."



So its £5k off a 20k+ car.

Is it just cars? There are some very interesting electric motorcycles on the way that would make much more sense with 25% off.