Latest UK Car News | May 2024

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[@ZZR1200ZX]

If you can afford a new EV you can afford to pay for your own electric charger. Why should the tax payer cough up.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

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[@Superman-nn4nw]

The taxpayer pays out for lots of 💩. At least a charger is worthwhile imo.

[@crm114.]

One thing that could be done to promote EV adoption is to reduce VAT on public charging to 5% so that people who can’t charge at home pay the same VAT rate as those who can.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Yes!

[@vkjfv]

Yes something needs to be done for those without home charging, because using public chargers only is expensive and not viable better off going ice

[@marknorman2064]

Congratulations on reaching 40 000 subscriber, your great content deserves many more subscribers.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Thank you very much!

[@PeteMulv]

Morning, In reference to you incentive suggestion, I think the money should go to public charging, and it might force a more relistic pice per Kwh. Its great to see all the new public chargers but at an average 86p per Kwh, I'm still going to hunt out the Tesla super chargers for my E208, I made a saving of 44p per Kwh last week for the sake of a 10 min detour, and they had coffee, Keep the videos coming.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Great point

[@richarddixon6354]

Great news review as always. Agree re incentives as you don’t want companies raising their prices just to profit from any grant. I’d rather the funds were used to get more charging points installed and monitored so they don’t get blocked by non users. Plus as you said get kerb charging set up to help those without their own land to charge.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

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[@johnw65uk]

The 20mph speed limit is definitely worth while in roads that it’s dangerous to do 30mph. Lost count of number of cars I see doing 30 or more down back roads just because it’s a 30mph doesn’t mean it safe to do so. But it would help if we actually had police , they aren’t present in our area. We have parents parking on zigzag lines outside schools because nobody to police it.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Yes, in roads that require it.

[@TK-Will.]

EV’s are still too expensive. Some of The younger generation who take out PCP say ‘once I’ve reached the end of the PCP term I can just get a new one, as the one I had is no good anymore’ …. Really need to stop this throw away society

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Then there would be no used cars

[@Pete.Ty1]

👍👍👍 Wales 20 MPH. I've driven for miles on roads with nothing but hedgerows on both sides of the road, yet the speed limit is restricted to 20 MPH. If the government is insisting all drivers must drive EVs they need to put in the infrastructure first. Thanks Jim

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

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[@Popdog76]

Been some interesting changes to road in Oxfordshire 40mph roads dropped to 30, wide 30mph roads dropped to 20. In my experience in most 20 zones, people do 26? 20 in the right area makes sense but 20 in the outskirts of towns and on roads that were never dangerous doesn't.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

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[@jameschapman4824]

Great news review Jim. Have a good week.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Thanks, you too 👍

[@glengosling5636]

Ferrari front looks like 70s Daytona , beautiful car.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Yes!!!

[@clewis5220]

Great update Jim thanks. I can’t help thinking if we get solid state batteries and ranges of 500 miles, will we need so much public charging network as most will charge from home ( ok some can’t so will have to use some public chargers)

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Yes, I don’t think we’re far away from that. Home charging needs to be an option for everyone where possible though.

[@Popdog76]

Some BYD, CATL experts say they have been developing and testing solid state batteries for years but they are not near a safe level yet to be used by the public.

[@likelikelikelikelikelike3971]

Public EV charging is like public toilets. You’d rather not but glad they are there.

[@alanmachin3054]

Another excellent informative video which saves me time that I spend looking at car magazines on Readly. I don't think the government should use taxpayers money to give incentives on electric cars because it will probably just benefit the manufacturers.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

I agree Alan, taking it off VAT on public charging or making home charger easier is the way forward in my view.

[@front2427]

Yes nice wee video there Jim thanks.I look forward to travelling unnecessarily at 20 mph in my city,not.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Have fun 😁👍

[@DavidBoreham-kk9dx]

Cheers Jimbo thanks for the round up it will be interesting to see which Chinese brands survive the bloodbath( BYD chairman) as at the moment its similar to when the original boom in car manufacture at one of the 'British' motors how there was 50+ British brands thanks again have a chilled out sunday

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Cheers Dave 👍 just think how many brands are sitting on the shelf unused. Valuable IP for a new entrant I’d say. A TVR might just be more appealing to some than a YangWang.

[@ipsmith123]

Good work Jim

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

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[@mikadavies660]

In the last 5 years we have gone from cars with 200 mile range to 2025 models with 400 miles of range. Batteries have gone from 100,000 miles to CATL's 15 year warranty and 1 million miles life.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Yep. Progress is huge.

[@Number1HeadlightRestoration]

Great round up once again, Jim. Loads of good stuff in this. THAT Ferrari! And...bless you 😆 I have to say THANK YOU again for giving me another shout out. I couldn't believe it when my website came up on your screen. Really appreciate that 🙏🏼 Have a great day mate!

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Cheers mate 👍

[@DavidHorsell]

As an Ora 03 owner and and an ID4 owner, the insurance on the Ora is an additional 80% higher, and is still not insured by my normal insurance company Admiral.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

That’s nuts

[@sleeping_sheep_slayer_9000]

very helpful mate video mate cheers

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Thanks 🙏

[@adamh7588]

Hello came across your channel and Subscribed after watching your recent topic on GAP Insurance. I did wonder as i purchased yesterday New MG3 Hybrid Trophy and wondered why the dealer said they not doing GAP

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

It looks like the dealers might be banned for the forseable future. 👍

[@vigneshn.y3048]

A bit later than the Van man. Will try harder next time. Keep going Jimmer and will hopefully see you when you organise your next meet up! Any plans ?

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Not sure at the moment, the last one wasn’t exactly popular. I’ll be at Festival of Speed on the Thursday and Pistonheads Annual Service on 10th August.

[@andrewbrad6359]

Definitely food for thought, ice cars will be around for a while yet. We need to get to the point where an electric car can be fully charged from empty in the time it takes to fill a car up with petrol or diesel.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

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[@isackville]

Some very interesting news a great looking cars from China.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

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[@vw5861]

Thanks Jim for the news updates. What's up with Tesla? Income is down yet spend on just AI development this year will reach $10 billion, according to Musk. How to pay for that spend? Cut costs (staff) and fully utilise quickly the existing manufacturing capacity by introducing some new models that don't rely on the model "2" and "cybertaxi" unboxed process. That "unboxed" process is so radical it could prove difficult to achieve volume production in the near term, just like Cybertruck was/is. As you say, 8-8 will be very interesting.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

From the outside in it seems utter madness but then again so have a lot ot Tesla decisions but their business is more successful than mine so who am I to judge 😂👍

[@thesilverfox135]

When governments around Europe and UK introduced incentives car manufacturers just added the grant into the RRP . When governments removed these grants sales fell and prices followed suit. It’s called market forces.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

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[@tivvy-xf4kz]

Only incentive I would like to see is to drop the import taxes/vat on small ev's. If they are going to put on extra tariffs on Chinese cars and double the cost then I'm afraid there will be no incentive to buy an ev as there is nothing being produced at a sensible price at the moment. The govt. will be nowhere near its targets as long as manufacturers keep turning out large tech laden suv's when all a lot of people want is a little cheap runaround.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

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[@GIXXERUKX]

20mph doesn’t work, I live in Wales, in 20mph areas people drive much closer to the vehicle in front, the people who want to drive at 20mph don’t ! They drive at 17 - 18mph. Only since this introduction have I seen people overtaking in these 20mph areas, cars are cutting through housing estates to avoid the main roads where the police may be and race through. It’s difficult to cross the road on foot as you can’t tell if a car is doing 20 or 30. It causes frustration and aggression among drivers. Agreed it should be in sensitive areas, schools, hospitals etc

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

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[@gordonchallinor9156]

lots of 20 mph on the estates around here no policing not worth it no cameras no profit

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

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[@jpvaines]

The Government could utilise some of the customs import duty on all imported cars (including ICE versions) to subsidize an electric vehicle grant. An imported Chinese car, for example, attracts a 60-100% duty payment.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Yep 👍

[@keithbrown339]

One thing i think governments should be doing is incentives to make cars lighter. Say 0 road tax for EVs that weigh less than 1 ton . They did it for emissions, and now lets get the weight down. All the best

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

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[@kennethsimpsonkmcarsales7039]

im in the motor trade and many dealers are not taking back ev cars even if only few months old they have been instructed not to buy or take back in on px what does that tell you about ev cars future

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

They'll be really cheap from private buyers 👍

[@kennethsimpsonkmcarsales7039]

@@DefinitelyNotAGuru everyone i know who has bought one hates them except one friend who has a tesla company car and loves it

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Oh really...I have a very different group of friends I guess. If i had an orinigal Leaf or something I'd probably hate it but there are some phenemoenal EVs on the market (and obviously a few duds too).

[@kennethsimpsonkmcarsales7039]

@@DefinitelyNotAGuru its the fact that the main dealers wont take them back is the worrying thing and when they get older what do you do with them if you cant trade them back in

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Just sell it privately 🤷🏻‍♂️ no issues getting rid of them on Motorway etc either

[@johnalvey5332]

Early like and first comment in return for focus on electric vans for small businesses 👍🏼😉

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

You'll need to give me more of an idea of what you mean - a dedicated video about small businesses buying electric vans?

[@johnalvey5332]

@@DefinitelyNotAGuru yes I run a pest control business and need to replace my 14 year old 210000 mile diesel Berlingo. Hoping to take advantage of the opportunities when buying an electric van and also maybe an electric company car so just a video along those lines to help explain how it works compared to buying older second hand vehicles. I do around 12000 miles a year and have a limited company but not currently VAT registered. I’m interested in vans like the Citroen e-dispatch (high demand = higher prices). So budget wise might have to settle for a e-Berlingo or seems there is a few really good deals on electric Nissan Townstars. Your experience finding deals would be great as I’m hoping if I get a good deal then I’ll get a new van for around the same as my monthly outgoings for diesel.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

would need a call really john but townstar and berlingo are essentially the same van, as is the mercedes e-citan. pretty decent and range is OK as long as you're not lugging big loads (which I'm guessing you're not). Your accountant will give you some good advice on it but it's a good way to save on some corp tax!

[@vw5861]

What can government do to incentivise EV purchase? More public charging please! We're seriously considering leasing an EV this year but can't afford a Tesla so non-Tesla supercharging is critical as my son is moving to London so that's a roundtrip of 360 miles for every visit. I've been studying ZapMap and charging capacity and locations for that journey and it's crap!

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

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[@volt8684]

20 mph and teslas 0-60 sub 3s yes the govts are sane

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

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[@Popdog76]

Remove VAT from charging, and offer incentives for private buyers of new and used EVs that are under a certain price level.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

I agree with the first bit

[@vkjfv]

If councils put more lamp post street chargers everywhere 7kw the uptake for EVs will increase. 60% of people have no off street parking and rapid chargers cost more than fuel so why go for ev

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Yes, council investment is definitely required for the masses who live in terraces and flats etc

[@vkjfv]

@@DefinitelyNotAGuru I had an id3 back in 2021 and have no off street charging so was charging public chargers , a lot of public chargers were free ie Tesco podpoints and rapids were cheaper than fuel, it worked for me very well but by 2022 energy spike all public chargers became paid and 75p KW and some 1£ KW I had no choice than to go back to Ice golf gte car. That's the story for why many going back to Ice nothing to do with the car but the price of public chargers for those without home charging. Even if EVs prices plummet even more very few will buy them as they can't charge them cheaper than fossil fuels, like those lucky enough to have home charging. Another issue is most landlords are reluctant to install EV charging for tenants

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

I;ve said for a long time that the lack of home or worplace charging is the biggest blocker for most people. Not the purchase price of a new one (as used market is great), it's being able to charge cheaply and conveniently from home, which those with home chargers do 90-98% of the time.

[@vkjfv]

@@DefinitelyNotAGuru once public chargers become significantly cheaper than fuel then you will see uptake in Evs but for now if you haven’t got home charger it’s waster of time and money to get ev

[@glengosling5636]

No incentives and not enough affordable chargers that actually work , unless you buy a Tesla with their super charger network.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

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[@NaturallyAspirated250]

The government should help people to buy EV's in areas of polluted air, period. A bit like means tested. Handing down taxpayer money to EV buyers in a blanket approach is insane. EV has their place but if you are not living in a place with air quality concerns and you are wealthy enough to afford an EV, then you don't need handouts.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Good idea 👍

[@jesuspro6887]

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[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

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[@stewartgray5581]

That’s the SNP for always do the opposite to England just to be different!

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

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[@Superman-nn4nw]

Most 20mph zones in Scotland are implemented by local councils. Councils in Scotland are run by different political parties. But your tinpot paranoia and obsession with the SNP is official.

[@timcollins380]

I think car manufacturers are going to struggle to sell new EVs, I just don't see normal people being able to afford to purchase them. The only way to have an EV is to lease one as protection from the huge depreciation. EV sales should be left to the market without artificial government subsidies.I still question the lifecycle green credentials of an EV versus a modern ICE car.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Lease new, buy used. Simples.

[@timcollins380]

You have personal lease plans in the UK, we don't have them yet here in Australia, at least not at affordable prices for most people. I buy all my cars used (except one)for my small collection of 5 or 6 cars, they all have a purpose and range from 2009 through 2023. No EV for me, I still like the rumble of a V8 or the whine of a straight 6.

[@alanthomson1227]

The incentives were only taken up by wealthy people who benefitted from car discounts , grants for chargers and cheap electricity rates . Most people can’t afford the price of an “affordable “ TESLA , the 3 . A fully specked performance long range could cost near to £60k .

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

They could get a used Tesla for £18k if they wanted one. The new model 3 is £40k with over 300 miles of range but you could also get a 3 year old ID3 for £15k or an old leaf or Zoe for thousands less - IF you wanted one of course. You don’t need to be wealthy (or even well off) anymore to have an EV if you want one.

[@jimrandall1739]

I live in a village with a 30mph limit. All English villages should be 20mph. Its takes less than 2 minutes to drive through, so a huge safety gain and very small amount of time lost.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

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[@jonron4729]

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[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

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[@AnotherBoring43yearold]

I’d give more help for taxi drivers, small companies etc Some kind of tax break etc

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

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[@mustafaassad2916]

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[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

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[@jimrandall1739]

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[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

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[@antonycollins22]

Who doesn't want an electric car but the costs are out of reach for most buyers, think Ireland are going to roll out bio diesel from vegetable oil soon, ice cars will always be produced this all electric mandate will never fly, 😅

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

There's some really good cheaper second hand stuff around now. Bio diesel is great but from what I understand it might be very expensive to produce on mass. I think in future there will be a mix of EVs and cars running on synthetic but maybe the fuel costs will make the synthetics the preserve of the rich or for weekend cars.

[@robholland1937]

No EV incentives for anyone. Choice for all pockets basically

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

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[@mikadavies660]

Maybe Audi's overpriced EV will be a great end of year lease when they DON'T sell 22%...?

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

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[@markhouse2065]

Hi Jim, good work as ever. I am a little surprised at your attitude towards EVs I know you have one, but don't you think they are dangerous and a fire risk? Not to mention the damage to the environment by extracting the raw materials. I am an EV qualified mechanic, I will not be buying one. 😡

[@crm114.]

Misinformation. Numerous studies have shown that EVs are >20x LESS likely to catch fire than an ICE vehicle. Unlike ICE, EVs don’t pollute cities where there is the greatest impact of pollutants on human health. It’s entirely up to you what purchase but don’t spread garbage information.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Not at all. Fire risk is a bit of a joke and the damage to the environment of extracting other fuels is also hideous - battery tech is developing rapidly and we already have batteries being produced without cobalt. Each to their own though mate.

[@crm114.]

EVs are >20x less likely to catch fire than ICE vehicles (data from large study performed in Sweden). EVs don’t pollute towns and cities where pollutants from ICE vehicles cause most damage to human health.

[@Popdog76]

Not mention you can run them for free from solar power. The raw material extraction is FUD and i am sure you didn't care about the minerals mined to fuel the ICE car or the cobalt to refine the oil into petrol. Also assume you don't have any electrical devices that use these same minerals. More importantly EV batteries can be recycled. It is worth a lot of money. With ice vehicles you are burning these raw materials and they can't be recycled.

[@funkymonkey1198]

Mark House stop spouting ballcocks

[@PhilipBerry-tg2us]

Bit concerned about safety on these Chinese EVs. Lots of talk of failures in air bag deployment and battery problems. Awful video on serpent's of a family trapped in a burning new flagship Chinese EV and doors won't open.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

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[@TonyFlower-x2t]

Sick of all this crap on electric future cars. All car mags. just electric, now you’re heading the same. Get real world car updates or hybrids, that the man in the street can afford. 😡

[@rusty911s2]

That's because they're the future: quieter, smoother, less maintenance, cleaner, greener and getting cheaper all the time.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Don’t watch if you don’t like it. How can I do car news without reporting the news exactly?? Go and watch Geoff Buys Cars - he’ll be right up your street 👋

[@commuterbranchline8132]

If your sick of ‘this crap’ jog on and watch something else?

[@rusty911s2]

@@DefinitelyNotAGuru Most excellent reply Sir 🤣