No help to 上げる 沈滞した EV sales in the 予算 as （ドイツなどの）首相／（大学の）学長 ignores calls for incentives

  • （ドイツなどの）首相／（大学の）学長 拒絶するs continued 産業 calls for 'fair 税金 for a fair 移行'?
  • 欠如（する） of incentives in the form of 付加価値税 and VED 税金 削減（する）s will 傷つける 私的な EV sales
  • Car 製造業者s will find it ますます hard to 攻撃する，衝突する ZEV 委任統治（領） 的s

By Freda 吊りくさび-Stempel

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The （ドイツなどの）首相／（大学の）学長 has '行方不明になるd a 大規模な 適切な時期' to 上げる 病んでいる electric car sales in the Spring 予算 today, 専門家s and 製造業者s say.?

Jeremy 追跡（する）'s 拒絶 to 答える／応じる to 産業 calls for more incentives to 私的な EV 買い手s in the form of 'fair 税金s for a fair 移行' will make it ますます hard for car 製造者s to 攻撃する，衝突する strict 的s 始める，決める out in the 政府's 無 EV (ZEV) 委任統治（領）.

For drivers, the 2035 禁止（する） on new 石油 and ディーゼル car sales might seem far away, but for 製造業者s, the heat is on.

Since January, new 法律s 要求する car 製造業者s to sell an 増加するing number of electric 乗り物s (EVs) each year until the 2035 最終期限. By 2035, it must be 100 per cent.

The Government's Spring Budget has ignored industry calls for 'fair tax for a fair transition' to EVs, with no incentives offered to private buyers such as VAT cuts on new sales

The 政府's Spring 予算 has ignored 産業 calls for 'fair 税金 for a fair 移行' to EVs, with no incentives 申し込む／申し出d to 私的な 買い手s such as 付加価値税 削減（する）s on new sales

In response to the lack of EV incentives in the Spring Budget, Fiat UK said: ' We are sleepwalking into an electric vehicle crisis'

In 返答 to the 欠如（する） of EV incentives in the Spring 予算, Fiat UK said: ' We are sleepwalking into an electric 乗り物 危機'

失敗 to 会合，会う these 的s will see car 製造者s 罰金d £15,000 per model below the threshold.

While this stick method is 効果的な in getting 製造業者s to switch to producing EVs, the 政府 is under 解雇する／砲火／射撃 for forgetting the carrot part of the equation.

The 予算's only について言及する of 無 放出／発行s 乗り物s was a £270million 投資 to be 株d between 'innovative 自動推進の and 航空宇宙学' 部門s - nothing to 直接／まっすぐに 的 EV 購入（する）ing.

The most 最近の new car 登録 人物／姿／数字s show EV sales are growing の中で (n)艦隊／(a)素早いs and 商売／仕事s, but sales to 私的な 買い手s have 高原d.

The Society of モーター 製造業者s and 仲買人s (SMMT) wants the 政府 to 廃止する VED 率s 連合させるd with lower 付加価値税 on new EV sales and 減ずるd 付加価値税 on the public 非難する 網状組織 to make EVs more 控訴，上告ing to new 買い手s.

Without these 税金 incentives, 製造業者s are going to find it hard to 会合，会う the ZEV 的s 始める，決める.?

マイク Hawes, SMMT 大統領, said: '減ずるing 付加価値税 on new EVs, 改訂するing 乗り物 課税 to 促進する rather than punish going electric, and an end to the 付加価値税 ‘pavement 刑罰，罰則’ on public 非難する would have energised the market.?

'With both 政府 and 産業 having statutory 必要物／必要条件s to 配達する 逮捕する 無, more still needs to be done to help 消費者s make the switch.'

Car 製造業者s 独立して made 声明s regarding their 失望 in the 欠如（する） of EV 政策s.?

反応するing to the today's 予算, Fiat UK said: 'It's hugely disappointing that the （ドイツなどの）首相／（大学の）学長 has failed to 復帰させる 財政上の incentives for electric 乗り物 買い手s in today's 予算.

'The 需要・要求する for electric 乗り物s is 病弱なing and we are sleepwalking into an electric 乗り物 危機. The 政府 is also 潜在的に putting its 逮捕する 無 的 at 危険.

'Without any 政府 財政上の incentive there's no 推論する／理由 for the 消費者 to make the switch.'

Vauxhall UK's managing director, James Taylor, said 追跡（する）'s Spring 予算 had hung electric car 製造者s out to 乾燥した，日照りの, 説 the 欠如（する） of EV sales-上げるing 政策s will continue to see Britain's 移行 to electric 乗り物s '立ち往生させる'.

He 追加するd: 'If we are to 会合，会う the rightly ambitious 的s laid out in the 政府’s 無 放出／発行 乗り物 委任統治（領） (80 per cent of all cars sold to be electric by 2030) then there needs to be incentives for 私的な car 買い手s to make the switch to electric as there are in the 大多数 of European nations.

'Vauxhall will already 申し込む／申し出 its entire car and 先頭 line-up as electric by the end of this year and has a number of 高度に 競争の激しい 申し込む／申し出s 利用できる but we cannot 運動 需要・要求する alone.

'Whilst there are strong incentives for company car drivers to make the switch to electric ? 含むing for those choosing 高級な 乗り物s ? the 私的な 買い手 who wants a more attainable small or family car receives nothing.'

He went on: 'We would call on the （ドイツなどの）首相／（大学の）学長 to 緊急に 始める，決める up 購入（する） incentives to 刺激する the electric 乗り物 market and review the 不公平な 課税 on public 非難する so that the UK isn’t left behind in the race to more 維持できる モーターing.'

Electric future: The ZEV mandate will force car makers to sell an increasing volume of EVs between now and 2035

Electric 未来: The ZEV 委任統治（領） will 軍隊 car 製造者s to sell an 増加するing 容積／容量 of EVs between now and 2035

Three incentives car 製造者s called for in the 予算

1. 付加価値税 halved on new EV sales

私的な electric car uptake has been in 拒絶する／低下する since 2022, with 買い手s now accounting for one in four new EV 登録s compared to one in three 以前.

SMMT 研究 has shown that a 付加価値税 削減（する） on EVs would be the 選び出す／独身 most 効果的な 手段 to encourage drivers to go electric sooner.?

年次の ZEV 委任統治（領） 的s to 2030

2024: 22% (10% for 先頭s)

2025: 28% (16% for 先頭s)

2026: 33% (24%?for 先頭s)

2027: 38% (34%?for 先頭s)

2028: 52% (46%?for 先頭s)

2029: 66% (58%?for 先頭s)

2030: 80% (70%?for 先頭s)< /p>

Source: DfT?

More than a ４半期/4分の1 (26 per cent) of drivers not even 利益／興味d in switching said a 付加価値税 削減（する） would be most likely to change their mind, and four in 10 drivers wanting to go electric said it would 加速する their switch.

EVs are one of the only CO2-saving 科学（工学）技術s that don't 利益 from 付加価値税 incentives unlike heat pumps, with adopters?支払う／賃金ing the 十分な 20 per cent 付加価値税.

And with EVs typically costing more upfront ? the 大多数 of new models are over £40,000 ? cutting 付加価値税 would save the 普通の／平均（する） 買い手 around £4,000 off upfront 購入（する） price.

While 維持費s over time are 設立する to save an EV driver £700 a year over a 石油 car, the big 初期の 購入（する） price is a large deterrent for many people.

This is 始める，決める to change as EVs as 製造業者s 規模-up 生産／産物 of EVs, 押し進めるing 負かす／撃墜する costs, but for now there's still 重要な EV 賞与金 on most 集まり-market electric cars.

For instance, a small city runaround like the VW ID.3 costs £35,700 for the 入ること／参加（者） level model, 反して the 石油 VW ゴルフ is only £26,945 comparatively. Both cars are almost 正確に／まさに the same size, 申し込む／申し出 類似の boot space and tech offerings.

The Hyundai Kona petrol starts from £25,725 making it one of the most affordable new family SUVS
The Hyundai Kona Electric is significantly more expensive starting from £34,995 even though it's near identical to its petrol equivalent
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The new Hyundai Kona 石油 (left) is 定価つきの from £25,725 where as the new all-electric Hyundai Kona (権利)? is 定価つきの from £34,995 - a hefty EV 賞与金 for new car 買い手s

The Hyundai Kona ? a very popular family SUV ? has both electric and 燃焼 見解／翻訳／版s. The all-new electric Kona starts at £34,995 for the 入ること／参加（者） level 前進する 削減する, but the same 前進する 削減する 石油 Kona only costs £25,725.

The Peugeot 208 ? one of the nation's most popular learner cars ? is an affordable £20,400 for the 入ること／参加（者） 石油, but over £10k more for the electric 見解／翻訳／版 - £31,600.

The SMMT 予報するs that 除去するing 付加価値税 would 配達する an 付加 270,000 EVs to the road over the next three years, and 増加する 供給（する） to the in-需要・要求する used EV market where uptake rose 90.9 per cent in 2023.

And it would cost the 財務省 いっそう少なく than the now scrapped Plug-in Car 認める.

2. 廃止する 賞与金 VED 率s for EVs

乗り物 Excise 義務 (VED) or car 税金 as many people 言及する to it, is a 年一回の 税金 paid by 乗り物 owners in the UK.

One of the many 利益s of EVs has been their exception from VED but that's 始める，決める to change in April 2025. From then on around seven in 10 EVs 現在／一般に sold will be 支配する to an 'expensive car' VED 補足（する） from next year.

While this might help 追加する an 概算の extra £9.4 billion by 2027/28 to the 財務省's coffers, it will be a 大規模な deterrent to 見込みのある EV 買い手s. Owners of all new モーターs £40k will be 軍隊d to 支払う／賃金 an extra £355 per year in car 税金 for the first five years at the 基準 率.

運転者s will counterintuitively be penalised £1,950 for choosing to buy an electric car ? something the 政府's ZEV 委任統治（領） is supposed to encourage.

And with most new EVs over this price point, 特に when considering higher spec and 削減する levels, the 大多数 of 見込みのある new EV drivers will be stung by it.

But there are some new EVs that come in under the £40k?'賞与金 税金' （判断の）基準 含むing the very popular MG5 EV family 広い地所 for £30,995, the long-範囲 Kia Niro EV award-winning SUV for £36,795 and the Cupra Born sporty hatchback for £36,475.

The 告示 that the Dacia Spring will go on sale in Britain this month is a big step in the direction of 現実に affordable new electric cars. 始める，決める to be the most 予算-friendly EV to date in the UK, prices are yet to be 確認するd but it's likely it could start from £15,500 and will almost certainly cost いっそう少なく than £18,000.

3. 削除する 付加価値税 on public 非難する to 5%

Slashing VAT on public charging to 5 per cent would bring public charging costs in line with home charging energy rates and make it fairer for EV owners without access to wallbox home chargers

削除するing 付加価値税 on public 非難する to 5 per cent would bring public 非難する costs in line with home 非難する energy 率s and make it fairer for EV owners without 接近 to wallbox home chargers?

The other major call across the 産業 ? and something that's been 集会 勢い for the last few years ? is the end to the unfairness of 課税 on public 非難する.

The 需要・要求する for 付加価値税 削減 from 20 to 5 per cent would bring public 非難する in line with home 非難する.

RAC head of policy Simon Williams says: 'Anyone without a driveway is penalised by having to pay four times the rate of VAT when they charge their cars at a public charger'

RAC 長，率いる of 政策 Simon Williams says: 'Anyone without a driveway is penalised by having to 支払う／賃金 four times the 率 of 付加価値税 when they 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金 their cars at a public charger'

The 現在の 非難する system favours people fortunate enough to be able to have a wallbox home charger.?

Drivers without 接近 to a home charger are discouraged to move to an EV because 非難する at a public charger costs four times more 税金 than homeowners with driveways.

RAC 長，率いる of 政策 Simon Williams said: 'The （ドイツなどの）首相／（大学の）学長 has once again 行方不明になるd a 大規模な 適切な時期 to 訂正する a bizarre 税金 anomaly and level the playing field when it comes to making running electric 乗り物s more affordable.?

'As things stand, anyone without a driveway is penalised by having to 支払う／賃金 four times the 率 of 付加価値税 when they 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金 their cars at a public charger, compared to anyone who is fortunate enough to 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金 up at home.

'There is a 抱擁する strength of feeling about this 問題／発行する, with 非難する 網状組織s having committed to passing the 貯金 on in 十分な to drivers ? so it's enormously 失望させるing that the （ドイツなどの）首相／（大学の）学長 has chosen to look the other way on this important 問題／発行する.?

'As （選挙などの）運動をする group FairCharge points out, the 現在の 税金 支配するs date from 1994 and were written long before there were any electric cars on the road.'

Ken McMeikan, CEO at motorway services 操作者 Moto H ospitality 追加するd: '氷点の 燃料 義務 is good news for drivers, however it's disappointing that the （ドイツなどの）首相／（大学の）学長 did not go その上の and introduce a 付加価値税 削減 on public 非難する for electric cars, something we, and many others, have been 繰り返して calling for.?

'This is a 行方不明になるd 適切な時期 to make 重要な strides with EV 採択 as it would incentivise more people to make the switch to electric cars. 免除されたing public 非難する from 付加価値税 確実にするs that 移行ing to EVs is more financially accessible to everyone.

'Encouraging 運転者s to switch to electric cars will be 重要な if we are to 達成する our goals as a nation of decarbonising over the coming １０年間 and the 政府 has a major 役割 to play in making this possible.'

Slashing VAT public charging rates would bring an end to the unfairness of taxation on public charging. Comparing charging a Nissan Leaf at home and using public charging infrastructure sees home charging owners save around £18 * based on 30p/kWh home energy prices and 45p/kWh public charging energy prices

削除するing 付加価値税 public 非難する 率s would bring an end to the unfairness of 課税 on public 非難する. Comparing 非難する a Nissan Leaf at home and using public 非難する 組織／基盤／下部構造 sees home 非難する owners save around £18 * based on 30p/kWh home energy prices and 45p/kWh public 非難する energy prices

With the 普通の／平均（する） home energy price 30p/kWh but public 非難する 定価つきの at 45p/kWh, it's easily 明らかな how EV drivers coughing up for more expensive public 非難する quickly lose out.

非難する a 2019 Nissan Leaf with a 62kWh 殴打／砲列 costs around £11 to fully 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金 but it will cost £29 to 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金 at a 50kW public 非難する 駅／配置する.

The longer 特別奇襲隊員, more expensive Mercedes EQE with a 100kWh 殴打／砲列, costs £16.02 to home 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金 and £41 at a 50kW 急速な／放蕩な charger.

There are ways to 減ずる public 非難する costs 含むing getting a subscription or 非難する for longer at a slower charger rather than 選ぶing for a 早い 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金, but 非，不，無 of these come の近くに to bringing EV 非難する 税金s in line with home 非難する 率s like the 削除する on 付加価値税 would.

How do the UK EV incentives fair compared to Europe???

The 普通の／平均（する） 購入（する） incentive 申し込む／申し出d for electric 乗り物s in the UK was just £1,875 over the last three years, new 分析 from 自動推進の 専門家s 賃貸し（する）ing 選択s has 設立する.

This puts the UK 23rd out of the 30 European countries for 通貨の EV switching incentives, によれば the 報告（する）／憶測.

This comes after the 政府 was told it needs to 本気で 加速する its 移行 to EVs by a?House of Lords 調査 earlier this year.

Comparatively Romania comes out on 最高の，を越す as the number one country for 供給するing the highest 普通の／平均（する） BEV 購入（する） incentives over the last four years: Their 政府 申し込む／申し出s a 大規模な 認める of ?11,500 (up from ?11,250) to 購入（する） a new BEV and 捨てる their old car.

Across the Channel, フラン has 申し込む／申し出d an 普通の／平均（する） ?9,750 (3rd place) to its 国民s to switch to electric over the last three years, while Germany's 施し物d out??8,438 per EV 買い手, 最高位の 5th.?

The findings 明らかにする／漏らす how linked BEV sales are with incentives:?増加するing incentives 上げるs BEV sales by 117.9 per cent.

Findings from Leasing Options shows the impact of incentives on BEV sales in the UK - with sales increases dwindling as the UK government removes incentives for new EV buyers, prompting calls from the industry to step up the level of monetary benefits to switching to EVs

Findings from 賃貸し（する）ing 選択s shows the 衝撃 of incentives on BEV sales in the UK - with sales 増加するs dwindling as the UK 政府 除去するs incentives for new EV 買い手s, 誘発するing calls from the 産業 to step up the level of 通貨の 利益s to switching to EVs

Cyprus (in 2nd place) went from 無 incentives until 2022, where they 認めるd drivers up to a 大規模な ?20,000 to buy a BEV (?80,000 or under) and to 捨てる their old car in the 過程. This resulted in an 平等に impressive 379.8 per cent 増加する in sales.

類似して Malta's 政府 申し込む／申し出d no incentives until 2023 when it 器具／実施するd a ?12,000 incentive for 購入（する）ing a BEV and scrapping their old 乗り物. The 決定／判定勝ち（する） saw Malta's BEV sales 増加する 劇的な, によれば half-year 統計（学）, resulting in a 事業／計画（する）d 十分な-year 増加する of 120.4 per cent in BEV sales.?

And 副／悪徳行為 versa. Once 購入（する） incentives have been lowered from the previous year, the 普通の／平均（する） BEV sales across Europe 減少（する） by 84 per cent compared to when it is 増加するd.

Slovakia's incentive of ?8,000 was in place in 2020, and BEV sales 増加するd by 456.4 per cent. In 2021 the 購入（する） incentive was 除去するd and BEV sales grew by only 20.4 per cent - a 削減 of 436 per cent.

The same happened with Germany. In 2023, their 購入（する） incentive dropped for the first time in four years, from ?9,000 to ?6,750. The result is 事業／計画（する）d to 原因（となる） sales to 減少（する） for the first time 同様に, at -6.6 per cent.

Britain had a Plug-In 認める (PiCG) that 開始する，打ち上げるd in 2011 申し込む／申し出d up to £5,000 off the price of a new EV or plug-in hybrid. This dropped to £3,000 in 2020 and again to £2,500 in March 2021 and 含むd その上の 適格（性） 制限s based on the electric 範囲 of models and their 小売s price.

It was 削除するd to just £1,500 in December 2021 and made only 利用できる to EVs under £32,000 (of which there were only a handful) before 存在 段階d out 未熟に in June 2022.??

James 法廷，裁判所, 長，指導者 (n)役員／(a)執行力のある of the electric 乗り物s member 協会, EVA England, said: 'This year's Spring 予算 is a 行方不明になるd 適切な時期 by the 政府 to support an EV 部門 that is on the cusp of 集まり uptake.?

'Without 的d 計画／陰謀s to make EVs more affordable for the 普通の／平均（する） 消費者, all of our 巨大な 進歩 so far 危険s failing to 攻撃する，衝突する the 示す of our rightly ambitious 逮捕する 無 的s.?

'高度に successful social 賃貸し（する）ing and 的d 認める 計画／陰謀s are 存在 器具／実施するd どこかよそで, incentivising yet more drivers to make the switch, and this 政府 has failed to keep up with this 勢い,'

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The UK's new car market has 地位，任命するd its 記録，記録的な／記録する best February for two １０年間s. New car 登録s rose 14% to 84,886 部隊s, the 最新の 人物／姿／数字s from the SMMT show.?

The 最初の／主要な drivers of growth have been (n)艦隊／(a)素早いs 投資するing in the 最新の 乗り物s, while 私的な uptake is 立ち往生させるing.?

And 私的な 需要・要求する for EVs is also showing little 調印する of 改善するing, as the モーター 産業 calls on the （ドイツなどの）首相／（大学の）学長 to 注入する new life into the electric car market.

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