I had only diesel’s on the scheme until 2020, but due to changes which meant we wasn’t doing the longer journeys we had been on a regular basis, I kept getting DPF issues.
So I’ve gone petrol and a hybrid (off the scheme now also) plus i think changing your car so often is not helping the planet it’s making it worse.
We should be encouraged by goverment to keep current cars as long as possible and not scraping them for new one’s. Mb should reduce your payments if you keep the car longer, but charge most the same.
So there is no incentive to keep the car. Only now ap’s have risen so much or the choice is so limited 3/4 of what it once was? or the long wait. Many are being forced to extend.
My choice was to leave and i did so at the right time for me, even handing back my car early.
Many car makers have said they will drop Ice cars in europe, maybe earlier than 2030/2035 and some and big companies are pushing / lobbying for it to be brought forwards as they see those that don’t plan to do it earlier, will have a commercial advantage over them, as they cost more to buy than ice versions and as they also have larger footprints it’s a double whammy and imo a complete scam. On average they better only after 10 years or more in most case’s and unless you have offroad parking and the ability to charge up cheap even on the scheme they not as cost effective as they madeout to be, or will become.
Moving towards 2030 i see the scheme not wanting to fund ice cars as selling them maybe alot less profitable than now. who knows, but if the ulez rules change and get more restrictive many will be forced to change again like we recently seen and one reason used car prices have been inflated and mb doing rather well out of it and donating to charties and causes out the scheme and funding numerous projects. Which i don’t think is their remit to do that. Maybe it is how they get paid from a not for profit scheme though.