£460 road tax on an EV???

[Ken Figenus]

dmsims said:

So in summary they bought the wrong car

The (94ah - not 120ah)) car is completely right - the 'annual emissions charge' is an unexpected shock and unreasonable when the ethos is to promote EV's. They have fixed this anomaly since for EV's over £40k so maybe it was the government policy that was wrong rather than the car? Can't get the staff ehh?

[mcecm]

Ken Figenus said:

The (94ah - not 120ah)) car is completely right - the 'annual emissions charge' is an unexpected shock and unreasonable when the ethos is to promote EV's. They have fixed this anomaly since for EV's over £40k so maybe it was the government policy that was wrong rather than the car? Can't get the staff ehh?

An i3 with range extender is a hybrid, not an EV, so the additional tax would still apply today for new cars

[selym]

dmsims said:

So in summary they bought the wrong car

If you buy a car based on the taxes and VED you have to pay, I guess so. But does anyone do that?

[stargazer30]

This is to be expected as EVs take over and we run out of dinosaur juice, hell during the lock down some fool even wanted to tax pedal bikes!