Government axes PiCG
Discussion
In the news today - https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/consumer/uk-gov...
Nice that they give plenty of notice, especially to those of you who have a car on order. You'll need to find another £1,500 down the back of the sofa!
Quick question though, for future buyers, does this move put you off buying a new EV? Does it make you rethink the choice of model or trim level you have decided on?
Nice that they give plenty of notice, especially to those of you who have a car on order. You'll need to find another £1,500 down the back of the sofa!
Quick question though, for future buyers, does this move put you off buying a new EV? Does it make you rethink the choice of model or trim level you have decided on?
delta0 said:
Only a very limited number of cars were eligible for this. Other countries have done the same like France.
Oh I know, and personally I think that enough EVs are selling now that it isn't really necessary. I do agree that manufacturers should be starting to look at lowering the prices though. MrB. said:
Nice that they give plenty of notice, especially to those of you who have a car on order. You'll need to find another £1,500 down the back of the sofa!
You get the grant that was in effect at the time of order. Dealers register the sale on a government portal (because they claim the grant, not the customer) and they get a couple of days grace to catch up and register any sales made before the change date. Customer should never be asked to pay more than they signed up to.Note PiCG remains for motorbikes and commercial vehicles.
I was expecting a gentler tapering off (and I'd have liked to see one remain for say sub-£25k cars) but I suspect the grant is largely irrelevant at this point. Most EVs sold this year are not grant eligible (>£32k) and for those who can afford to buy a new one a £1500 grant won't make much difference. Demand and lead times are crazy anyway, manufacturers have no incentive to sell cheap cars while there are people willing to buy the higher spec, higher margin ones.
Peoplr are queing up to buy EV's at a far greater rate than ever expected - the waiting time is now about a year for many of them.
Why on earth would the government continue to pay to incentivise people to do anything when the queue is already out of the door and around the block and the supply can't meet demand anyway
The UK government can't seem to get much right these days, but the push to get people thinking electric is a box they can finally tick. Even if Elon Musk probably did most of the work
Why on earth would the government continue to pay to incentivise people to do anything when the queue is already out of the door and around the block and the supply can't meet demand anyway
The UK government can't seem to get much right these days, but the push to get people thinking electric is a box they can finally tick. Even if Elon Musk probably did most of the work
bigothunter said:
aestetix1 said:
Hopefully affected manufacturers will drop their prices by £1,500.
You cannot be serious 
Orders pre this latest announcement will be fine as long as the neccesary process has been completed by the dealer properly, if not it will be on them, (I wonder how many I'll learn of, which my admin department haven't processed, when I'm back in tomorrow morning after my day off today!)
Edited by HTP99 on Tuesday 14th June 23:02
Evanivitch said:
bigothunter said:
aestetix1 said:
Hopefully affected manufacturers will drop their prices by £1,500.
You cannot be serious But I can't see them reducing the price when there's no carrot for them to do so.
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