More overnight government EV grant changes.
Discussion
Surprise surprise, it's going down again!
Plug-in Car Grant
Grant rates changed from:
35% of purchase price, up to £2,500
To:
35% of purchase price, up to £1500
35% of purchase price, up to £2,500 for cars which are converted to wheelchair accessible (subject to limits set out below)
Eligibility criteria changed from:
Cars must cost less than £35,000. This is the recommended retail price (RRP) inclusive of VAT and delivery fees.
These vehicles have CO2 emission of less than 50g/km and can travel at least 112km (70 miles) without any emissions at all
To:
Cars must cost less than £32,000. This is the recommended retail price (RRP), inclusive of VAT and delivery fees (for full definition please see Plug in Car Grant Application Guidance)
Cars which are converted to wheelchair accessible must cost less than £35,000 (subject to limits set out below). This is the recommended retail price (RRP) inclusive of VAT, and delivery fees, and excludes conversion costs (for full definition please see Plug in Car Grant Application Guidance)
These vehicles have no tailpipe CO2 emissions and can travel at least 112km (70 miles)
There are a total of 250 wheelchair accessible vehicle grants available until 31 March 2022, and a further 1000 available between 1 April 2022 and 31 March 2023.
There's changes on vans too...
Plug-in Van Grant (N1/Light Commercial Vehicles)
Grant rates changed from:
35% of purchase price up to £3,000 for small vans < 2.5 tonnes gross vehicle weight (t GVW)
35% of purchase price up to £6,000 for large vans 2.5-3.5t GVW
To:
35% of purchase price up to £2,500 for small vans < 2.5 tonnes gross vehicle weight (t GVW)
35% of purchase price up to £5,000 for large vans 2.5-3.5t GVW
There are no changes to grant rates for vehicles over 3.5 tonnes
It was going to happen sooner or later!
Plug-in Car Grant
Grant rates changed from:
35% of purchase price, up to £2,500
To:
35% of purchase price, up to £1500
35% of purchase price, up to £2,500 for cars which are converted to wheelchair accessible (subject to limits set out below)
Eligibility criteria changed from:
Cars must cost less than £35,000. This is the recommended retail price (RRP) inclusive of VAT and delivery fees.
These vehicles have CO2 emission of less than 50g/km and can travel at least 112km (70 miles) without any emissions at all
To:
Cars must cost less than £32,000. This is the recommended retail price (RRP), inclusive of VAT and delivery fees (for full definition please see Plug in Car Grant Application Guidance)
Cars which are converted to wheelchair accessible must cost less than £35,000 (subject to limits set out below). This is the recommended retail price (RRP) inclusive of VAT, and delivery fees, and excludes conversion costs (for full definition please see Plug in Car Grant Application Guidance)
These vehicles have no tailpipe CO2 emissions and can travel at least 112km (70 miles)
There are a total of 250 wheelchair accessible vehicle grants available until 31 March 2022, and a further 1000 available between 1 April 2022 and 31 March 2023.
There's changes on vans too...
Plug-in Van Grant (N1/Light Commercial Vehicles)
Grant rates changed from:
35% of purchase price up to £3,000 for small vans < 2.5 tonnes gross vehicle weight (t GVW)
35% of purchase price up to £6,000 for large vans 2.5-3.5t GVW
To:
35% of purchase price up to £2,500 for small vans < 2.5 tonnes gross vehicle weight (t GVW)
35% of purchase price up to £5,000 for large vans 2.5-3.5t GVW
There are no changes to grant rates for vehicles over 3.5 tonnes
It was going to happen sooner or later!
DonkeyApple said:
Why would this be a surprise?
The Rotrex Kid said:
Surprise surprise,
'.surprise, surprisephrase of surprise
informal
said ironically when one believes that something was entirely predictable.
"we entrust you with Jason's care and, surprise surprise, you make a mess of it".'
soupdragon1 said:
Keep an eye on:
VW ID3 Life - currently £32.2k - pretty certain this'll drop to £31999
Skoda Enyaq - currently a hair under £33k - will they drop the price by £1k?
I bought an ID3 Family pro performance back in Oct (glad I did now) and we were deliberating between an ID4 and a Polestar 2 as our family car
But £35k for the base ID4 - by the time you add alloys and a couple of other bits, you are into Polestar 2 money - so may as well get that now. That £2.5k makes a difference when weighing up overall value for money
I think there will be lots of manufacturers readjusting list prices/discounts to meet these requirements. I think Renault headed it off with the most expensive GT Edition spec @ £31995.VW ID3 Life - currently £32.2k - pretty certain this'll drop to £31999
Skoda Enyaq - currently a hair under £33k - will they drop the price by £1k?
I bought an ID3 Family pro performance back in Oct (glad I did now) and we were deliberating between an ID4 and a Polestar 2 as our family car
But £35k for the base ID4 - by the time you add alloys and a couple of other bits, you are into Polestar 2 money - so may as well get that now. That £2.5k makes a difference when weighing up overall value for money
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