What other cars could qualify for the £3750 EV grant?
Discussion
SWoll said:
Am aware of that list. I was just gauging what other vehicles might be added to the list of 8.First things first; the cars actually in receipt of the government grant are as SWoll lists. If you got a £3750 "discount" or "grant support" or whatever on any car not on that list, that's just a manufacturer discount which they're giving to stay competitive with rivals which do get it.
On the grant itself the distinguishing factor among EVs is "minimum sustainability criteria"; this seems ill-defined, but we know it's based on the emissions involved in building and transporting the car and its battery.
For example, Renault are just bringing their French battery factory online, so new Renault EVs will have batteries made in France; combining low-carbon nuclear-generated electricity with short transport links brings the cars into Band 1 for the full discount.
When the Ford Puma Gen-E became eligible I looked into it; ISTR that the factory is in Craivoa, Romania but has some contract for a specific renewable energy supply to the factory. The batteries probably come from SK On in Hungary, which has fairly low-carbon electricity due to all their Russian nuke plants. And the Pumas are delivered from Craiova to the UK by rail.
Basically the car and battery have to be made with fairly green electricity, and transported in a fairly green way, to qualify. For a car to move up a band would probably involve moving manufacturing of the car, battery or both. E.g. someone like Geely might buy an obsolete car factory in Europe and set up building here, which could get them onto the list for a subsidy.
On the grant itself the distinguishing factor among EVs is "minimum sustainability criteria"; this seems ill-defined, but we know it's based on the emissions involved in building and transporting the car and its battery.
For example, Renault are just bringing their French battery factory online, so new Renault EVs will have batteries made in France; combining low-carbon nuclear-generated electricity with short transport links brings the cars into Band 1 for the full discount.
When the Ford Puma Gen-E became eligible I looked into it; ISTR that the factory is in Craivoa, Romania but has some contract for a specific renewable energy supply to the factory. The batteries probably come from SK On in Hungary, which has fairly low-carbon electricity due to all their Russian nuke plants. And the Pumas are delivered from Craiova to the UK by rail.
Basically the car and battery have to be made with fairly green electricity, and transported in a fairly green way, to qualify. For a car to move up a band would probably involve moving manufacturing of the car, battery or both. E.g. someone like Geely might buy an obsolete car factory in Europe and set up building here, which could get them onto the list for a subsidy.
PBCD said:
Benny Saltstein said:
Alpine are getting heat on Faceache because they ve increased their APR and dropped the deposit contribution somewhat cancelling out the grant.
Isn't that exactly what 'DonkeyApple' warned would inevitably happen with government grants and incentives?CAH706 said:
I got the full discount on my Hyundai Inster a couple of months ago.
Don t see that in the lists but I definitely did.
It would have been a manufacturer incentive, I remember radio ads for MG around the time of the launch of the new grant, proudly proclaiming they qualified for the full amount, they were misleading as MG doesn't qualify, it was a manufacturer discount to match the grant qmount, and lets be honest MG are heavy discounters anyway, usually alot more than £3750, they just wrapped it up in a different way!Don t see that in the lists but I definitely did.
HTP99 said:
CAH706 said:
I got the full discount on my Hyundai Inster a couple of months ago.
Don t see that in the lists but I definitely did.
It would have been a manufacturer incentive, I remember radio ads for MG around the time of the launch of the new grant, proudly proclaiming they qualified for the full amount, they were misleading as MG doesn't qualify, it was a manufacturer discount to match the grant qmount, and lets be honest MG are heavy discounters anyway, usually alot more than £3750, they just wrapped it up in a different way!Don t see that in the lists but I definitely did.
The car had a list of c.£29k with a quoted £3750 EV discount plus additional discount taking it to c.£22k.
Happy with the price and feels a lot of car for the money.
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