Before people dismiss something, maybe they should try one. Not just believe everything you’re sold by MSM and Macmaster & others, making a nice living from the Traffic. Yet he’s right in his latest video in the fact that everything is divide and conquer, as divided we are weaker and easier to socially engineer.
The reason certain cars are being pulled is due to EU regulations on emissions. Beforehand, they were all making smaller cars to meet those targets, which has stopped. As the levels allowed have decreased as other options have been created, BEVs. Even Aston Martin made the Cygnet at one point.
So now they are making and selling bigger, & more expensive ice cars as they make them more money selling them % percentage-wise. Thus, culling larger-engine, smaller cars and only offering them with an engine that complies, i.e the 1.0 litre or even smaller, for now.
Then, offsetting the figures with BEVs. Which are, for the purposes of the EU regs, counted as zero emissions. So they don’t receive fines. Some can also buy other companies’ surplus allowance, but that model is not sustainable. Just a temporary fix.
The UK government is doing something on top of that, as they are losing out on that revenue. which is causing a huge issue in the market in the UK, which is another reason 2nd-hand EV values are also an issue.
Each year, they need to sell more EVs than the previous year and can get fined £15k a car, I believe. So they cannot sell ICE cars to people who want them. So many are offering huge discounts on new BEV cars. So why would you buy used if you can buy new? Also then as the amount of Ice cars able to be sold reduces, demand for those cars increases, and prices rise, and some just cannot get one. It will be worse this year & the next. So many have to wait or just buy used, so again, creating more demand in that segment. This is according to the CEO of the Vertu Group. The market is broken in the UK. The whole UK is broken, and not because we left the EU. It’s all by design. The technology is coming, and the 4th industrial revolution is rolling out. By 2050, most won’t be driving cars; they’ll not be able to afford to, once everything is linked to CPI.
After all, we are in the European market. So aside from the RH drive, manufacturers aren’t going to make cars just for the UK market. Hence, adas on all new cars. But those regs are still in place and have been even before the Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) Mandate was introduced. So not much will change in many respects. It’s all in place just to make you pay more. Like the sugar tax. which also reduces choice, as companies just stop selling sugar products and sell those with alternatives that the tax doesn’t apply to. So we pay less, but they make more.
They’ve made chocolate bars so small, you cannot make them smaller. So they are now reducing the amount of content. So it cannot be called chocolate anymore. The reason I mention this, is that it’s how they control our behaviours by controlling the profits of companies and sectors and making them comply. Cars are no different. All they really care about is making you pay more to them and having net zero left.
Just how they are now making some disabled drivers pay more to have some sort of quality of life, and actually also discriminating against them as they have a different type of disability than others in the process. Yet all get the higher rate of the mobility component. Surely this is against the Equality Act.
Those making these decisions are not disabled and do not know the issues we all face daily.
I got my 1st Ev in February, almost a year now. Odds are I’ll get another, but it depends on AP, and I need something no longer than 4.3m to fit on my front to charge. Just did another 300-mile round trip yesterday, and at the end of the month. We’ll be doing another that’s more like 500 miles. and it was no issue. It actually cost me less than £25 to do that trip. I spent no longer than 20 minutes charging.
I like the R5, but I won’t get one because it only charges up to 100 kW; my current car charges up to 158 kW. So 1/3 less time spent charging on the longer trips, never mind the bigger battery. Then the price. My current car was £1999 when I got it. although I paid £1249. Then increased to £5499, now it’s down to £4499 this 1/4.
The amount I’m saving by having a BEV helps me, even with the 3p tax. The £210 I’d have to pay to cover 7k miles a year adds £17.50 per month, add that to the £11.51 a month home charging costs for the last 11 months.
Is still a lot cheaper doing the short trips I generally do in an ice. So works for me. Considering in my mild hybrid in winter, I was getting 24 mpg max. Driving locally. I’d be pretty reluctant to go back to that. I don’t do too many longer trips, and that’s not really an issue. Never mind preconditioning and keeping the car cool on a hot day while, say, having lunch or visiting an appointment.
People happy the pay per mile is coming in, are deluded. As soon enough it will be put on ice also, to discourage their usage. The car driver is a cash cow for HM Treasury. So we’ll all end up paying more until we cannot afford to anymore.
I don’t care what people drive and believe in freedom of choice, but they just don’t believe in that freedom anymore. MBO didn’t fight at all for the rights of the scheme users, and guess what? Big pay rise for the CEO. The disabled shouldn’t be allowed convertibles either, what’s next, panoramic roofs? A comfortable seat or car suitable for your condition. Yet we are arguing over which mode that propels a car is better or not than another. It’s all part of the plan. The trouble with EVs is also the technology is moving pretty fast, which makes older tech obsolete and worthless or useless, like your old tablet that no app is compatible with it for anymore. Again, it’s by design, so you’re forced to buy a new one. at some point.
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