Originally Posted by milligoon
Originally Posted by Alistair
"The main thing with electric cars is the up front cost unless you go the rental PCP route that is."

Is there still a tax benefit that allows you to claim the taxable element quickly so offsetting tax you are due to pay?



You still get BIK at a low rate, however the grant has dropped to cars below £35k and is now only £2500, you still get the £350 olev grant on the home charger installation.

The government's thinking was those that can afford higher priced cars don't really need financial incentives. It worked as quite a few actually lowered the UK price of lower priced cars to below £35k as clearly they were taking the Micky.

Yes, quite a few manufacturers panicked and dropped list prices

Citroen dropped the e-C4 to £34,995, similar cuts by Peugeot on e-2008, Vauxhall dropped the price on Mokka-e, BMW dropped the i3 between £5800 and £7500 off list (WOW) and Nissan pruned the leaf by £1350 to £2700 depending on trim

Jon M