article thumbnail

Driving Dystopia: Pickup Sales Are Probably Going to Decline in the UK

The Truth About Cars

What I assumed would be a quick chat quickly devolved into my being educated on British tax codes, especially the benefit-in-kind (BIK) taxes applied to any items of value provided to employees. For corporate automobiles that also see private use, benefit-in-kind taxes are calculated as a perk on top of the base salary.

Sale 97
article thumbnail

Hyundai Offering Free Chargers to EV Buyers, Swelling Industry Incentives

The Truth About Cars

That makes the $33,550 (before any federal tax credits or state incentives) Kona Electric the most affordable way to take advantage of the deal. But you’ll still have to find someone to install the unit into your home, to which the manufacturer has offered a $600 credit toward installation. or from a free-trade agreement partner.

Hyundai 105
article thumbnail

Road Test: 2024 Nissan Leaf SV Plus EV

Clean Fleet Report

If you buy and drive the Leaf SV Plus for how it was designed, expect to be grateful for the latter. Leaf Plus Design The complete 2018 redesign, which is carried over to the 2024 Leaf Plus, brught more contemporary styling. But again, there is that trade-off of performance versus the all-electric driving range.

Nissan 61
article thumbnail

ICCT study finds increasing gap between rated and actual passenger car fuel consumption in Europe

Green Car Congress

However, the NEDC was not originally designed to measure fuel consumption or CO 2 emissions, and some features of the test procedure can be exploited to influence test results for those values. United Kingdom); and TCS (Switzerland). United States.

Europe 199
article thumbnail

Why Businesses Should Adapt EVs to Their Fleet?

Get Electric Vehicle

Subsidies, tax breaks, and other incentives for electric vehicles are being offered by an increasing number of governments around the world. Several countries, ranging from China to the United Kingdom, have proposed banning the sale of petrol and diesel cars over the next twenty years and some as early as 2025.

Fleet 52
article thumbnail

J.D. Power study pegs India as 3rd largest vehicle market by 2020; small car focus

Green Car Congress

India surpassed France, the United Kingdom and Italy to become the sixth-largest automotive market in the world in 2010, and it is expected to become one of the three largest automotive markets in the world by 2020, according to a special report titled “India Automotive 2020: The Next Giant from Asia,” released by J.D. Source: J.D.

India 236
article thumbnail

Exploring the adoption of EVs in the US, Europe and China; charging scenarios and infrastructure

Green Car Congress

Within the EU, it cites examples from France, Germany, Spain, the United Kingdom, and Denmark. Furthest along with electricity market deregulation, the US can serve as a model for how to design market rules to reduce the cost of integrating EVs on the grid. Establish a long-term strategy to integrate EVs into road user fees.

Europe 244