the 2019 model is £130 a year and £500 until 2025!

 

Eh ?

 

Another free fill up yesterday, had the electric heater blasting, dishes washed, clothes washed and tumble dried too, terrible this electricity stuff. If you're not getting free electricity then sign up here we both get £50 and if you have a smart meter you could save a fortune too https://share.octopus.energy/dusky-bee-317

 

I heard they are charging customers for putting it back into the system in Aus these days

 

Then don’t put it back, it’s just a setting.

 

https://amp.theguardian.com/environm...ls-to-the-grid

 

Oh no a whole £35 out of the £460 saving and everyone else gets lower bills, how terrible.

"Benn Barr, the commission’s chief executive, said it was expected an average solar household with a system of between 4 and 6 kilowatts would still save about $900 a year on power bills after the change, about $70 less than currently."

 

ahem ... Mandating , call it what you will

essentially cooperates stealing cash

https://www.reuters.com/business/aut...on-2024-07-11/


...and not even going ahead with plants

 

no better here

https://www.fleeteurope.com/en/finan...ication&curl=1

 

Get ready for the fastest Subaru ever produced https://www.motorauthority.com/news/...-ste-trademark

 

And probably the heaviest.

 

jellymold nonsense , could be a hiandri or anything else

 

The used the phrase “Mandate” in the news Jack

Plants closing , and they can’t even shift the EV models they are making

 

Is there really any actual pride in owning an electric car ?

essentially you are controlled by the 'vehicle' right ? , if it breaks down theres nothing yo can do

you are merely part of the algorithm

 

What’s the difference from any modern car? I think a battery and motor swap would be far simpler than engine and fuel system. Not that I’d do either. If I want something to tinker with I’ll buy something old.

 

So, exactly as expected then

 

Felt a little pride today as Tesco filled it up for free, bless them.

 

you cashed in your club card points jack 😂

 

Maybe you could grace us with full video on you swooping over your electric motors and batteries Jack
together with cost run down , and the software issues too

 

Sure thing buddy see you in one or two decades. If your oil burner packs up before then please do the same.

 

Solid state batteries mind , not lithium

 

UK electric car sales down 20%

 

Bull**** https://www.smmt.co.uk/vehicle-data/car-registrations/

 

Wow , that fly didn’t even touch the water

 

It would be interesting to know how many of those EV registrations were actually 'sold' cars and how many were 'pre-registered' by dealers.

Interestingly in 2024, only 1 in 7 new EV's was registered to a private customer, the other 6 were registered to 'fleet' and 'business'

What would also be interesting to see is how many of the fleet and business sales would disappear if the BIK taxation advantages reduced !

 

A lot, but that doesn't mean the ratios would change, there would just be less people driving new cars.

 

well there's a Lot less new cars being sold , more than in the last 70 years from what I make out

and ev residuals plumetting

 

What I meant was how many of the current 'fleet and business' EV registrations would switch back to ICE if the massive BIK difference was smaller ?

I work for a JLR retailer, it's amazing how few of our customers have any interest in EV's and even PHEV's

We are a long way North of London, our new car sales are still mainly diesel.

 

It's last year but JLR seem to think sales are OK https://media.jaguarlandrover.com/ne...lectrification

If the benefit wasn't there then I suspect that the people that took advantage of the scheme just wouldn't use it.

 

The newer generation RR PHEV models make a bit of sense, 3.0 petrol straight 6, plus battery assistance and approximately 70 miles electric range.

We do well with those, but only to companies.
BIK at 8% I think, compared to 37% for the diesel version.

40% tax payer could be saving upwards of £600 pm in company car tax, that goes a fair way towards paying for the leasing cost of the vehicle.