{"id":304264,"date":"2024-02-25T11:43:48","date_gmt":"2024-02-25T10:43:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=304264"},"modified":"2024-02-25T11:43:51","modified_gmt":"2024-02-25T10:43:51","slug":"ev-price-war-starts-but-still-nobody-wants-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=304264","title":{"rendered":"EV Price War Starts\u2013But Still Nobody Wants\u00a0One!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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A futuristic electric car is connected to a charging station in the underground parking of the business center. 3d render.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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By Paul Homewood<\/p>\n\n\n\n

h\/t Ian Magness<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They\u2019re getting desperate now!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It\u2019s no secret that one of the biggest stumbling blocks to <\/em>electric<\/em><\/a> car adoption is their high purchase price. And with the cost of producing electric cars still very high, manufacturers are struggling to bring prices down to a level at which many buyers can afford to transition from petrol or diesel cars to an electric equivalent.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

But manufacturers are feeling the squeeze, in the UK at least, as the zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) mandate ramps up. This legislation requires manufacturers to ensure that a certain proportion of the cars they sell in Britain are electric \u2013 and imposes penalties on them if they don\u2019t meet those targets.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a result, many manufacturers are starting to offer substantial discounts off the list prices of their electric cars, choosing to take the hit on their bottom line rather than face a hefty fine, in the hope of tempting buyers into choosing one over and above a petrol or diesel model.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

New data released last week by <\/em>What Car? magazine<\/em><\/a> has revealed just how big some of these discounts are, with as much as \u00a38,379 off the list price of some of the most popular electric models.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Steve Huntingford, the editor of What Car?, said: \u201cElectric vehicle sales grew last year, but this was due to tax rules favouring company and fleet drivers. By contrast, the extensive discounts that we\u2019re now seeing target private buyers.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/cars\/hybrid-electric-cars\/the-best-electric-car-discounts-right-now<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Knock off eight grand, or pay a fifteen grand fine! They\u2019re stuck between a rock and a hard place!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the examples given by The Telegraph is the Vauxhall Corsa:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Of course, nobody in their right mind pays RRP. Go on CarWow, and you can get \u00a33503 off the same GS model with a petrol engine, bringing the price down to\u00a0 \u00a318501:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In other words, even after a discount of \u00a36045, the electric model is still \u00a39534 dearer.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As usual the Telegraph commenters are much more astute then the reporter:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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