Tony Hoyle
Active Member
Grants always do that.. The american system of tax rebates is slightly better as it makes the real price clear, albeit along with increased paperwork and effort at the owners end..
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I guess you will probably have to make do with an iD3 then.Depends on how you look at it. As someone that was looking to replace my current diesel leased motor at the end of year, I was literally at the limit of affordability for the M3 SR+, so the grant just made it achievable. Sadly, now it might be back to the drawing board unless Tesla drop the price.
I wonder how long the grants for home chargers will last now too?
£43490Can someone confirm what the price was full RRP for the standard plus without the grant please?
To be fair I was going to buy an ICE car last November until someone told me all about the grants etc I could get. So for the same reason people buy things in sales they wouldn't have bought if they didn't think they were saving things, I've switched to EV. I think if I'd waited another year and the incentives weren't there I would have waited until I had no choice, because I'd heard of range anxiety, lack of charge points, batteries failing after a few years and all the horror stories. It was only because of the grants, low BIK I decided to investigate it more. So in some cases it will reduce up take and in a few years time the decision to stay EV or go back to ICE for the last few years won't be such an easy decision.if you can afford to spend £50k on a car, why should you get any money from the Government?
if you can afford to spend £50k on a car, why should you get any money from the Government?
how is it 6K and not 3k? Can you explain?6k difference to new 2019 SR+ and now
That's fair enough, but how much are you getting from the low BIK vs an ICE? It was 0% last year and is only 1% this year. That's huge.To be fair I was going to buy an ICE car last November until someone told me all about the grants etc I could get. So for the same reason people buy things in sales they wouldn't have bought if they didn't think they were saving things, I've switched to EV. I think if I'd waited another year and the incentives weren't there I would have waited until I had no choice, because I'd heard of range anxiety, lack of charge points, batteries failing after a few years and all the horror stories. It was only because of the grants, low BIK I decided to investigate it more. So in some cases it will reduce up take and in a few years time the decision to stay EV or go back to ICE for the last few years won't be such an easy decision.
I think you need to appreciate that there are a lot of people out here whose affordability is just about reached with the grant in place. If not for the grant, their plan to buy is out of the window.
A reductive argument that well quickly end up with us down a well. It's just whataboutery that's too easy to counter with more whataboutery aviation subsidies, nuclear weapons; taxing corporations fairly, <insert your favourite hobby horse here>. Gets us nowhere.Are grants for EVs a higher priority than the NHS, affordable housing, education, or even police or defence?
Very trueI guess you will probably have to make do with an iD3 then.
how is it 6K and not 3k? Can you explain?
There seem to be mixed messages about this. When I checked a couple of days ago, the PiCG was mentioned when looking at the cost breakdown.Apparently the Tesla site has NOT been updated as yet to reflect this change.
Wow, that’s crazy really. You’d think we’d be going the other way.2019 the price I paid was £37,500, it's £40,500 with the grant so unless Tesla soak up the grant loss it'll be £43,500
All i know is currently the LR is showing as a list of 46k (or thereabouts). Previously, it was showing as a list of £49k & the £3k grant then taking it down to £46k.Mention of the grant has gone from the order stage to prices have been updated.Apparently the Tesla site has NOT been updated as yet to reflect this change.
Yes that is my understanding too. If you have an order in prior to 10am today (18/3/21) then the order agreement price stands.No actually, the rep on the call said their IT team was on it to update the prices. So any new orders placed today will get updated email saying their prices has increased. At least this is what I was told from the rep on the call.