EV general discussion

Journey said:
Gov.uk have removed all 'Luxury' VED on BEV-cars above 40k from 1/4/17 until 2025. So if you paid this you should be able to claim it back. Good news. :)
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When does this take place? As I have a 2019 Model 3, I expect you can untax and retax it at the zero rate?
 
This is just for susbsequent years, not retrospective, and I doubt you'd get a pro-rata refund on current year
In addition, the Chancellor announced the removal of Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) for zero-emission cars with a list price exceeding £40,000, starting from April 2020.
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what will be the manufacturer response - will the (bev) manufactures put up their prices following this, moving M3/other baselines, above the 40K thresh-hold,
was the new stripped down e-tron beneath 40K ?
 
Why would they increase prices to make them attract a government tax? :confused:

The Tesla M3 was already above £40k, and the Audi is about £55k
 
jpaul said:
rolls royce
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Just a thought,

What do you do if you come home and find that somebody has parked in "Your" space?
 
Orionaut said:
On a more serious note, perhaps it might be necessary to change the parking "Ownership" rules regarding the road space outside peoples homes if EV's are ever going to be a thing for people without off-road parking.
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That specific example in the photo if from a trial being run by Oxford Council & University, here's a quote from the December 2019 report thus far

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Report published on Go Ultra Low Oxford project
The University of Oxford’s Transport Studies Unit (TSU) has published their research on the Go Ultra Low Oxford trial phase.

The report found that by the end of the trial two-thirds of respondents preferred the chargers they were assigned to over alternative solutions, indicating that they had successfully adjusted to “their” charging solution. Many electric vehicle (EV) users also creatively adapted parking routines, driving styles, route choices and the use of heating and air conditioning to successfully optimize battery charge and range,

Although most respondents reported that the engagements around charge point installations were positive, there was a considerable amount of concern over Traffic Regulation Orders (TROs) for EV parking bays, which were perceived negatively by many stakeholders. Where no EV parking bays were in place, some EV users were successful in engaging with their neighbours to negotiate preferential access to the parking space with EV charging. The report recommends that multiple charging installations on one street, for example lamp post charging, could make these informal arrangements more likely to succeed.

To scale up the project and replicate it in other cities, the report set out a range of issues to be overcome, such as:

  1. Being aware of the range of hidden costs associated with maintaining public charging infrastructure;
  2. Not limiting infrastructure roll-out plans to wealthy neighbourhoods alone;
  3. Having a plan of how to reduce roll-out delays caused by having multiple stakeholders and regulation;
  4. Determining how to achieve collaboration across public and private sectors to be able to expand roll-out;
  5. Having a plan to achieve interoperability across charger types and reduce unnecessary barriers being caused to users;
  6. Determine how to use lamp post more since it was the most popular and cost-effective charging solution option.
You can find the full report, and all the interim reports, on the Transport Studies Unit website."
 
If I lived on a road with street only parking - I'd definitely be looking at getting an EV now and getting a space 'reserved' for me. This is an area where early adoption might be essential to avoid being left without a space.
 
Russinating said:
Where I live there's already wardens for the residents parking zone. Obviously won't apply everywhere but most urban areas will have something similar (or could adopt and tie in).
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Most residential areas never see traffic wardens though. It would take hours for a council man to come along and tell them to move, if they even bother.
 
Nasher said:
Most residential areas never see traffic wardens though. It would take hours for a council man to come along and tell them to move, if they even bother.
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Move on? Fines mate.

Some towns are different from others. Try parking anywhere you shouldn't in Gravesend - I promise you you're getting a ticket.
 
Maybe it has a badge like most residential permits... or like my area the council have a spot it campaign where you can literally send images of infringements to them.
 
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