Sales 97% down in April but not for EVs?

[Frimley111R]

I don't get this data. Why would all these EVs be registered and (relatively) nothing else. EV registrations down 9.7% but the total market down 97%!!

https://www.smmt.co.uk/vehicle-data/car-registrati...

[rdj001]

Presumably the new 0% BIK for BEVs has led to a lot of Model 3s being delivered in Apr as company cars?

[coetzeeh]

Mostly tesla earmarked for delivery in March but due to COVID slipped into April.

[jjwilde]

Frimley111R said:

I don't get this data. Why would all these EVs be registered and (relatively) nothing else. EV registrations down 9.7% but the total market down 97%!!

https://www.smmt.co.uk/vehicle-data/car-registrati...

Tesla sell their cars online and they are then delivered to you so they are still selling.

[MOBB]

^ this

Dealerships are closed, Tesla website isn't.

I assume both of the above are factual

[hyphen]

rdj001 said:

Presumably the new 0% BIK for BEVs has led to a lot of Model 3s being delivered in Apr as company cars?

suspect the same.

[kambites]

It's clearly a blip, but it is faintly amusing to see EVs go from a 1% market share to a 32% one almost overnight.

[ds666]

I pace in second position

[hyphen]

ds666 said:

I pace in second position

Jag signed a deal with the NHS to supply 700 iPaces, starring from April.

https://www.northumbria.nhs.uk/unprecedented-deal-...

[sjg]

The NHS car lease scheme is huge and with the BIK changes, has massive numbers of EVs ordered. The lease companies and manufacturers have been trying to find ways to make "essential worker" deliveries happen and obviously all those NHS orders would be part of that.

Tesla obviously sell online in the first place but have been particularly responsive to changing processes to do fully contactless deliveries - paperwork is all digital, cars set up in the app ahead of time, etc. The Toyota dealership down the road from me has been shuttered for weeks, even for service and parts.

[jjwilde]

kambites said:

It's clearly a blip, but it is faintly amusing to see EVs go from a 1% market share to a 32% one almost overnight.

Plug in vehicles had a 7% share up to March. So it was never 1% as you clearly made up.

[kambites]

jjwilde said:

kambites said:

It's clearly a blip, but it is faintly amusing to see EVs go from a 1% market share to a 32% one almost overnight.

Plug in vehicles had a 7% share up to March. So it was never 1% as you clearly made up.

I thought It was fairly obvious, especially accompanied by the numbers, that by "EVs" I meant pure EVs.

[aestetix1]

One major advantage is that you can charge form home, so no need to touch a dirty petrol/diesel pump and then sanitize your hands. Even without C19 it's one of the best things about owning an EV.

[hyphen]

aestetix1 said:

One major advantage is that you can charge form home, so no need to touch a dirty petrol/diesel pump and then sanitize your hands. Even without C19 it's one of the best things about owning an EV.

For you.

I like petrol stations, I like the interaction with the oft cheerful checkout person, the smell of petrol, car and people watching whilst it fills, the click when it's full

Plugging my phone into its chargers isn't the same.

[Witchfinder]

BEV sales were down last month. Don't forget that sales had been trending at around +200% year-on-year.

[SWoll]

hyphen said:

aestetix1 said:

One major advantage is that you can charge form home, so no need to touch a dirty petrol/diesel pump and then sanitize your hands. Even without C19 it's one of the best things about owning an EV.

For you.

I like petrol stations, I like the interaction with the oft cheerful checkout person, the smell of petrol, car and people watching whilst it fills, the click when it's full

Plugging my phone into its chargers isn't the same.

[aestetix1]

hyphen said:

the smell of petrol

I think maybe you've been breathing a bit too deeply there buddy.

[anonymous-user]

hyphen said:

aestetix1 said:

One major advantage is that you can charge form home, so no need to touch a dirty petrol/diesel pump and then sanitize your hands. Even without C19 it's one of the best things about owning an EV.

For you.

I like petrol stations, I like the interaction with the oft cheerful checkout person, the smell of petrol, car and people watching whilst it fills, the click when it's full

Plugging my phone into its chargers isn't the same.

i agree! I really miss walking through the inevitable puddle of diesel on the forecourt, that then soaks into my shoes,, the carpets in my car, and even my hall carpet at home. Such an evocative smell........ ;-)