However, sales to private buyers fell 7.7%, which the SMMT said reflected a tough economic backdrop of "low growth, weak consumer confidence and high interest rates".
I assume sales also doesn't included contract hire deals. As I've said many time I'll rent my first EV as the technology is changing so quickly I think you'd be daft to buy one now then try and sell it in five years when it looks outdated.
Mad that new car sales spike in March because people want new number plates. I didn't even know you could still tell the age of a car from it's number plate, I thought they ended that about 20 years ago.
electric cars are too expensive and the infrastructure is not good enough. Not only that but since the rise of electricity prices they are not cheaper to run than petrol cars. Further there is a risk that the whole electric car thing will fade away to be replaced by hydrogen battery cars and you will be left with a white elephant. Personally I think it is foolish to buy one.
The employee EV scheme is great if you're employed and want a car on a rolling lease basis every 3 years.
If you are self employed and/or want to own your car rather than run the gauntlet of lease return gangsters and/or want a second hand car, rather than new - the incentives are stacked against you.
They should simply do this as all EV sales are vat free, 1/2 parking and free tolls on roads that are charged.
My electricity price has more than halved since last summer if you ignore the cap element. Charging at home at night or by day from solar panels is still cheaper than buying fuel and I did the maths the other weekend and I'm very close to the point where contract hire on an EV would be cheaper than keeping my current car. Just need the prices to come down a fraction more.
think mine was significantly cheaper than going to market but can test it I suppose - how much would you expect to pay on say a Mercedes EQC 400 AMG line premium plus as a bench case?
I've only ever owned a car. My trainee got into a massive Barney with her PCP Co about returning a car with a kerbed alloy and a supermarket scratch. Just seemed a massive faff.
my handover was fine - i had dinged up the alloys bad but the repair quote was fine even when benched against a maintstream garage fix - if they want you to swap it for another car with them they give you an easier ride on handover - if you are ending the relationship can imagine them being a bit more picky, but you can see the repair sheet in advance now and the days of them clawing your eyes out seem to have passed given increased competition.
I like the fact that they sort all of it (insurance, repairs etc.) in one payment that is sal sacrifice and i can just drive a new car every 3 years without worrying about anything - dont have the time to be seeking particular bargains and i dont enjoy it so leasing is fine for me.
Yeah, I'm not saying you won't face some aggro when returning a lease car with damage that may or may not be over a threshold, but it's not really any worse than if you owned it and tried to sell it to a dealer or WBAC or whoever, where they will chip away a few £00 for things their smart repairer will fix in 30 minutes.
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LOL as if
buying one next week u fat tart
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I'd have said this was an important paragraph
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reader, he didn't
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Net zero by 2025 please.
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I assume sales also doesn't included contract hire deals. As I've said many time I'll rent my first EV as the technology is changing so quickly I think you'd be daft to buy one now then try and sell it in five years when it looks outdated.
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Another Laz tall story, no doubt.
Eddie - BBC report fails to mention that in March, petrol-engine sales rose 9.2pc
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Nobody wants them at even half the price
https://apple.news/ATZu3KFM5SgGgh2t_G55s_g
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Mad that new car sales spike in March because people want new number plates. I didn't even know you could still tell the age of a car from it's number plate, I thought they ended that about 20 years ago.
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There used to be a difference in the description of a reg depending on whether it was pre or post end of calendar year iirc. Car ppl will tell you,
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electric cars are too expensive and the infrastructure is not good enough. Not only that but since the rise of electricity prices they are not cheaper to run than petrol cars. Further there is a risk that the whole electric car thing will fade away to be replaced by hydrogen battery cars and you will be left with a white elephant. Personally I think it is foolish to buy one.
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The employee EV scheme is great if you're employed and want a car on a rolling lease basis every 3 years.
If you are self employed and/or want to own your car rather than run the gauntlet of lease return gangsters and/or want a second hand car, rather than new - the incentives are stacked against you.
They should simply do this as all EV sales are vat free, 1/2 parking and free tolls on roads that are charged.
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MARK MY WORDS: ELECTRIC CARS WILL NEVER WORK!!
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My electricity price has more than halved since last summer if you ignore the cap element. Charging at home at night or by day from solar panels is still cheaper than buying fuel and I did the maths the other weekend and I'm very close to the point where contract hire on an EV would be cheaper than keeping my current car. Just need the prices to come down a fraction more.
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salary sacrifice scheme is where its at - agree i wouldnt buy one outright atm but more than happy to lease at half price, thank you mr tax man!
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Last time I looked at our work scheme (possibly a bad one) the tax savings were all but eaten up by the markup from the scheme provider.
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think mine was significantly cheaper than going to market but can test it I suppose - how much would you expect to pay on say a Mercedes EQC 400 AMG line premium plus as a bench case?
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A little melodramatic.
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I've only ever owned a car. My trainee got into a massive Barney with her PCP Co about returning a car with a kerbed alloy and a supermarket scratch. Just seemed a massive faff.
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my handover was fine - i had dinged up the alloys bad but the repair quote was fine even when benched against a maintstream garage fix - if they want you to swap it for another car with them they give you an easier ride on handover - if you are ending the relationship can imagine them being a bit more picky, but you can see the repair sheet in advance now and the days of them clawing your eyes out seem to have passed given increased competition.
I like the fact that they sort all of it (insurance, repairs etc.) in one payment that is sal sacrifice and i can just drive a new car every 3 years without worrying about anything - dont have the time to be seeking particular bargains and i dont enjoy it so leasing is fine for me.
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Fair.
I've always been of the "buy a three year old naice car for the price of a brand new meh car" school.
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Proud owner.
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A lot of my colleagues have lease cars. They seem happy enough.
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You don’t buy an EV to save the planet. You buy it to floor it.
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Yeah, I'm not saying you won't face some aggro when returning a lease car with damage that may or may not be over a threshold, but it's not really any worse than if you owned it and tried to sell it to a dealer or WBAC or whoever, where they will chip away a few £00 for things their smart repairer will fix in 30 minutes.
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