I’d love to see the insurance info that shows that EVs are more likely to cost them money. It’s a cash grab pure & simple.
Bodywork repairs cost no more on an EV than any other car when in fact many EVs are identical to their ice cousins in that regard.
In fact in many cases I can see EVs being cheaper to repair far less moving parts no engine damage to worry about, engine mounts gearbox mounts and so on.
It’s not about small cars on the scheme big cars are already on the scheme, it can’t be about price either because the ZS & 5 are some of the cheapest out there & neither are suitable for under 25s. None of the MGs have launch control type silliness & they aren’t exactly boy racer fast either. Imho there needs to be a serious rethink about car insurance especially when it’s related to under 25s on Motability. Maybe a compromise is needed under 25s if they sit some course like the minibus test I did at Norfolk county Council (not C1/D1).
At the end of the day what’s coming is no one under 25 will be allowed on the scheme at all for any car