In fairness, Glos Guy does raise a point that complicates it a little bit.
Not that it matters much to me personally, because, as mentioned, battery size (or rather, range) is my biggest criteria on an EV – but it does certainly widen the selection a bit.
The one thing where i could see it make sense, as an example, would be the EV3. On the scheme currently, in top spec, we got the GT-Line S. The base model of the EV3 with the big battery is the Air at 36k – but the GT Line S has the same motor/battery, it’s just a different spec. The GT Line S is 44k, but should, if i didn’t misunderstand, still qualify for the grant. If i understand the part that Glos quoted correctly.
So there might be a few more decent options out there that qualify for the grant, with APs potentially coming down by, i’d wager a guess, £500ish? MB is not going to hand a customer the entire grant (how would that work for cars with less than £1000 AP for example?), that’s not quite how that’d work.
Ofc the AP for the GT Line S even then would be outlandish.
Prior: SEAT Ateca Xcellence Lux 1.5 TSI DSG MY19, VW Golf GTE PHEV DSG MY23
Current: Hyundai Ioniq 6 Ultimate
Next: we'll see what's available in 2028.