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5 great electric cars still eligible for the Plug-in Car Grant

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Yesterday the UK Government announced immediate changes to the Plug-In car Grant, reducing the value to £2,500 and the number of models eligible. The value of the grant has been reduced by £500 to £2,500 and is only available on cars under £35,000. Additionally, MG has committed to topping up the grant to £3,000 until March 31, 2021.

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Tesla Model 3 vs Kia EV6 vs Polestar 2 vs Hyundai Ioniq 5: Which one is the best EV in Australia?

EV Central

Granted, the recently-arrived Tesla Model Y makes just as much sense, but it wasn’t available as we were pulling this test together. There are also 19-inch wheels and Polestar Connect that can automatically direct emergency services to the vehicle after a crash. Our first combatant is the Tesla Model 3.

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2024 Kia EV9: why you should buy the Air, not the too-expensive GT-Line

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You could buy an EV9 Air, then something like a petrol Kia Cerato hatch as a second car with the money saved. The Air’s standard kit’s hardly wanting. inch screens in a panoramic display, tri zone climate control, connected services and a V2L socket in the boot. The Earth, meanwhile, trumps all with 512km range.

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

If you build a car as a "kit car" with no real factory, then yes, it will never be an economic success. Why grant them the privledge to spend our money in the first place? The fact that no journalists do their research to bring up all those connections is sad, sad. The EV1s failure was a failure of Management. Call it the EV2?

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