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Higher value EVs not eligible for £3,000 PiCG (grant) anymore!
- Thread starter kelvin 660
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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.
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.
I think at a certain point one has to wonder just how much do you expect to save, and is that number realistic when ultimately it's the general public paying for it, one way or another.
Yup, there will definitely be some losers from this. I think it's disingenuous of the Govt to announce this completely out of the blue, after they have maintained the fuel duty freeze for the past 10 odd years.
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.
Mperkins28
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RedMod3
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When I ordered my M3P back in September, I got £3,000 off and the SR said Tesla didn't think it right that the M3P should be excluded from the grant. I also have a Smart on order, and the dealer has confirmed the £3,000 grant is locked in.
Mperkins28
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Cardo
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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.
Mperkins28
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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.
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.
I guess Tesla are busy deciding how to respond to this change either by absorbing the grant loss or by raising prices. Wouldn't it be nice if the SR+ dropped to £35k!!
Someone on another forum I'm on posted a screenshot of the Tesla website showing the prices as follows:
SR+: £42,500
LR: £49,000
P: £59,000
I've not be able to confirm it myself, as every browser I've tried shows the "old" pricing, but there has been more than one account of people phoning Tesla to make sure their order is locked in, and being told that the prices are in the process of being changed, and will be effective on any order placed from 7am today, regardless of what the website says (i.e. order agreements will be updated).
SR+: £42,500
LR: £49,000
P: £59,000
I've not be able to confirm it myself, as every browser I've tried shows the "old" pricing, but there has been more than one account of people phoning Tesla to make sure their order is locked in, and being told that the prices are in the process of being changed, and will be effective on any order placed from 7am today, regardless of what the website says (i.e. order agreements will be updated).
