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Have you priced up Scenic insurance? We priced up an Aryia (same car basically ) and it was under £450.
When are you going fully electric?
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Have you priced up Scenic insurance? We priced up an Aryia (same car basically ) and it was under £450.
Wife is a reasonably new driver with no no claims so it just wouldn't be worth the time.
Yeah you can get serviced ones.
Ironically actual cost is a bit irrelevant to me for the next 3 years. The new childcare benefit means I won't be seeing a net pay increase for a long while!
It's an estimation, not a crystal ball. If you continue to do 6 mile trips from cold (therefore requiring energy to heat the cabin and the recurring effect of a stone cold battery) then probably nearer your estimation.
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Yea, total for the year was nearly 382k registrations. Obviously they were all pre-reg's that are sat in a field somewhere..
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Final push to meet the 22% 2024 target but not overshoot it and hurt this year i guess. 28% now i think and 16% for vans.
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EV sales surge in UK as carmakers cut prices to dodge fines; still miss mandate
Almost one in three new cars registered in the UK last month were fully electric. Automakers are reducing prices of plug-in models to avoid fines. EV sales have increased by about 60% in December compared to last year. Companies are finding it challenging to meet the 22% annual target under the...
"Despite the year-end surge, automakers failed to hit the annual target of 22% under the country's EV sales mandate. Manufacturers face fines of as much as £15,000 ($18,600) per vehicle for failing to comply, though can avoid penalties by using a credits-trading system and exceeding requirements in later years
The UK government is now reviewing the rules, which could result in increased flexibilities to help manufacturers meet them. Clean-energy advocates have criticized efforts to water down the quota, arguing doing so will slow the shift away from the combustion engine.
The EV sales target rises to 28% this year, which SMMT Chief Executive Officer Mike Hawes said will be very difficult to meet. Discounts fueling current demand are unsustainable, he told reporters."
Wife's EV going back after a 4 year lease in march. Think we are going for another EV (used) hopefully at a decent discount.
Nissan Leaf look reasonable even though a little old hat now. Seems to be more choice new also, so will trawl lease deals again, but ain't going to get near the 200 quid a month with maintenance for a Hyundai ionic that will be ending.
Nissan Leaf look reasonable even though a little old hat now. Seems to be more choice new also, so will trawl lease deals again, but ain't going to get near the 200 quid a month with maintenance for a Hyundai ionic that will be ending.
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There's a new Leaf coming this year so there may be some good deals on used ones around the launch.
Leaf was pretty old hat when it was released. Go something else if you can... MG 4, MG ZS, Kona ec
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Why not just buy the Ioniq from the lease company?
maybe, depends if the wife gets in and like them or not, will have to see
they want silly money for it! 20% above market, they are trying it on and constantly trying to sell onto the next lease (arval)
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That's annoying... I was thinking of buying my Arval lease car to give to my mum...
Is there any indication that the government might bring back any kind of EV grants or incentives this year, or is that all done and dusted now? I know there were some talks going on with car manufacturers at the end of last year. I am swaying more and more towards getting a Renault 5 this year and the popularity of it suggests Renault/dealers probably won't need to offer much in the way of discounts on them for a while.
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Did you ask to negotiate, I paid Arval BCA action rate for mine, just make them a counter offer?
No chance, certainly not on a new car. They are starting to wind out the remaining incentives for company car owners.
Ultimately EV's are cheaper to own over the lifetime of the vehicle if you can charge at home (if you cant, wait), they don't need incentives. Sure depreciation is a bit of an issue at the moment but there are lots of reasons for that and isn't likely to be sustained once the mass market wake up.
Are you looking to buy/own outright or is it a 'company car'? If the former, I wouldn't buy a new one, there are so many bargains in the used market at the moment and you'll get a hell of a lot more car there for the same money.
You can get a 1 year old Meganne e-tech for £20k which will probably be what the early Renault 5's go for given the base spec has an RRP of £22k and the top spec starts at £26k. The Meganne is a batter car in every way IMO, well except nostalgic retro styling.
Thanks, figured as much. I can't charge at home but my mileage is low so a "full charge" would last me weeks, and there's finally some decent charging options appearing at supermarkets, shopping centres etc around where I live/visit so I think it'd be easy enough to live with.
I'd be buying outright, my employer offers an EV salary sacrifice scheme but the R5 is rather pricey on there at the moment. The BMW i4 eDrive35 M Sport us cheaper per month, for example. I wouldn't normally ever consider buying a new car but the R5 has done something funny to my brain, common sense will likely kick back in at some point though.
I'll likely wait and see what nearly-new R5 prices are like later in the year once the initial hype has quelled, at this point my shortlist is between that or a SEAT Leon.