Quote Originally Posted by UlleyMiller View Post
An ambitious Tory target which is proving that a one size fits all approach won't work with EVs, and leaving the new government a headache - something they're getting used to.

I'm not sure Vauxhall (and their ownership) don't have some responsibility here too. EVs are still quite expensive, and Vauxhalls (in the main) are very much lower end cars. Taking their Astra as an example of the problem, ?35k (upward) for a reasonable spec hatchback puts buyers into a decision between that and a much more desirable petrol equivalent. If you're a buyer with no tax incentive, choosing between a well-spec'd (and quicker) Audi A3 or an Astra, you might not always plump for the Vauxhall.

Tesla have grown rapidly though, and historically more expensive European brands are growing their EV market share pretty well. As much as newspapers will enjoy a headline out of the Luton plant's demise, people would do well to remember that the previous government were aligned on the push to EVs, and that typically lower priced car brands enter a very different market to higher priced German/Swedish brands - EV sales in the UK last year had 7 of the top 10 cars being either Tesla, German or Swedish. Vauxhall and Ford didn't feature.
Ulley in five years time we will be flooded with Chinese cars.They are the country with cheaper energy,cheaper labour and consequently will sell at a much lower price.We started this net zero nonsense under Boris.It was motivated by geeks in Whitehall who now have Mad Milliband as their leader to support this impossible target which will make us so much poorer with all these green taxes.Meanwhile we have billionaires like Gates encouraging us to go even further while he gets richer at our expense.