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As expected, there will be wee to no vehicles in band 1. But there’s now Peugeot E-2008 and VW ID.3 in band 2 as below.
https://www.gov.uk/plug-in-vehicle-grants/cars
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Apologies for briefness and spelling mistakes.Motability Skoda Enyaq SportLine 85x April 2024 (unhappy customer - Ombudsman pending)
Motability Mazda CX-60 PHEV July 2023 (unhappy customer - early termination on mechanical grounds)
Motability VW Touran Family Pack May 2019 (happy customer)
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Do you have any idea what manufacturers are failing on so as not to be band 1 – the question I suppose is – is it an easy fix, is it worth there while and how does it compare with the rest of their markets.
I haven’t really researched it as it’s another 3 years for me not to check.
From my pov, it should have been £1500 across all electric models, rather than all the arsing around by the government, thats serves very little in getting proplt to switch to electric.
Do you have any idea what manufacturers are failing on so as not to be band 1 – the question I suppose is – is it an easy fix, is it worth there while and how does it compare with the rest of their markets. I haven’t really researched it as it’s another 3 years for me not to check.
In my mind there was no intention from the first place to put any vehicle in band 1. But it looks good.
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Apologies for briefness and spelling mistakes.Motability Skoda Enyaq SportLine 85x April 2024 (unhappy customer - Ombudsman pending)
Motability Mazda CX-60 PHEV July 2023 (unhappy customer - early termination on mechanical grounds)
Motability VW Touran Family Pack May 2019 (happy customer)Band 1 vehicles are British built. The new Leaf will qualify once it’s released but we are importing the rest. I don’t think a couple of grand per car would persuade anyone to set up a plant in England just to qualify.
It’s also worth noting that there’s a loophole in which one qualifying car for any band qualifies all versions with the same battery and drive. So the Ariya qualifies at band 2 because the base model is under the price and then all single motor with the same battery size then also qualifies. Thus the model shown on Motability as the ‘Shiro is an 83kWh battery single motor under £40k. That then means all up to and including the Evolve long range qualify for the grant. I’d expect to see a few more working that out and releasing long range versions (where they have multiple battery sizes) with base spec but huge delivery times.
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