magnus
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Post by magnus on Aug 5, 2023 20:54:16 GMT 1
Let's hope that the people in ULEZ areas don't fall for this scrappage scheme. Their cars could be worth a lot more than the £2000 offered & so they should sell them to those of us in non ULEZ areas so as to keep good used cars in the system. We've all seen the damage done in the trade from previous scrappage schemes !
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Post by valhalla on Aug 5, 2023 23:46:46 GMT 1
Scrappage schemes are an environmental nightmare, as well as economic disaster for the secondhand trade.
No sane person would try to argue that arbitrarily replacing a working vehicle prematurely with a new vehicle makers any sense for the purse, or for the planet. I just don't understand why politicians that suggest this are not taken to task; it's clear that the SMMT have had a (vested) influence in these decisions.
Time for a motoring body that is not at the behest of the car-trade, i.e. one that supports decisions from the perspective of the operators & users of motor-vehicles (again) ?
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Post by OldGit on Aug 5, 2023 23:57:10 GMT 1
Yet again, they're confusing some arbitrary amount of cash with the value of a vehicle to it's owners/users. £2k in most cases wouldn't buy back the vehicle that's being prematurely scrapped, never mind the value of independent mobility.
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Post by remmington on Aug 9, 2023 18:22:19 GMT 1
This looks abit better for lower income people (I think?)
Sort of swap your "dead end of life car for a travel card credit"...
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Birmingham’s vehicle scrappage and travel credit scheme Birmingham City Council introduced its own vehicle scrappage scheme (worth £10 million) a few weeks before its Clean Air Zone (CAZ) started, from 1 June 2021 onwards. You’ll be eligible for Birmingham’s car scrappage scheme if: • You’re the registered owner or keeper of a non-compliant vehicle since 10 September 2018 (copy of V5C required for proof) • You work at least 18 hours per week in Birmingham’s Clean Air Zone - within A4540 Middleway (letter from your employer required as proof) • Your annual income is £30,000 or less (copy of payslips, a P60 or a tax return as proof) With the scheme, you’ll be eligible for a £2,000 grant which you can use as ‘travel credit’ in the form of a Swift travel card for West Midlands trains, buses and metro or to buy a new car that meets Birmingham Clean Air Zone’s emission requirements from the dealership – Motorpoint.
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remmington
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Post by remmington on Aug 9, 2023 18:22:49 GMT 1
"Transport poverty" is here...
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Post by OldGit on Aug 24, 2023 20:10:35 GMT 1
I was going to post this elsewhere...
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Post by Noberator on Aug 24, 2023 21:52:00 GMT 1
I was going to post this elsewhere... PMSL.
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Post by remmington on Aug 24, 2023 22:08:16 GMT 1
I was going to post this elsewhere... PMSL. I found that really funny too.... LOL
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Post by Joepublic on Aug 25, 2023 8:25:15 GMT 1
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Post by Rhubarb on Aug 25, 2023 9:06:41 GMT 1
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Post by Joepublic on Aug 25, 2023 9:16:21 GMT 1
Click on his name, he's reviewed a few EVs
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Post by chippie on Sept 9, 2023 21:58:08 GMT 1
The debate continues….
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Post by Joepublic on Sept 10, 2023 19:05:29 GMT 1
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Post by upkeep on Sept 13, 2023 7:54:53 GMT 1
I feel sorry for vehicle manufactures, they have been told that EV is the way forward by politicians/government's who have no clue or understanding of the real world, so they have to produce electric vehicles knowing full well that it's a fools errand.
Range and charging will be an issue for the foreseeable future, and if tomorrow a battery technology emerges for long range and fast charge there will still be a pool of old EV vehicles that won't have that ability.
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Post by Joepublic on Sept 20, 2023 9:39:24 GMT 1
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