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

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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.

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Longer charge times bring unexpected benefits to supermarkets

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For instance, a 150kW charger can provide 200 miles of range in under 30 minutes, while a 50kW charger might take over 40 minutes to deliver the same range. This increased dwell time gives customers more opportunities to browse the aisles, discover new products, and ultimately make more purchases.

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International review study seeks to improve modeling for plug-in vehicle adoption

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The team reviewed models from 16 countries, including the United States, Germany, China, South Korea, the United Kingdom and Ireland. These studies modeled the decision factors that drive consumers to purchase PEVs: vehicle and energy prices, operating costs, available charging infrastructure and range, among others.

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Hyundai Offering Free Chargers to EV Buyers, Swelling Industry Incentives

The Truth About Cars

While the ChargePoint device is framed as being free, it does require the purchase of a new automobile through the automaker’s captive finance arm Hyundai Capital America. 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.

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UK chooses to axe electric vehicle grant programs as popularity skyrockets

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Effective immediately, the United Kingdom has announced it will no longer supply EV grants for most consumer purchases. ” Furthermore, the DfT notes that future consumers should still look forward to the many tax incentives that still exist for EVs , as well as the lower cost of ownership generally.

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Maharashtra signed MoU with RMI to support EVs

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The Government of Maharashtra has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with RMI to support the adoption of and promotion of Electric Vehicles (EVs) in Maharashtra at Glasgow in the United Kingdom. It has been said that EVs will be exempt from road tax and registration charges.

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ICCT study details differences in fiscal policies to support uptake of EVs across 11 major markets

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Tax exemptions and subsidies are playing a key role in spurring electric vehicle markets, but in widely divergent ways, the report by Peter Mock and Zifei Yang finds. The ICCT study is the first to evaluate the response to fiscal incentives in 2013 to incentivize the purchase of plug-in electric vehicles in major vehicle markets worldwide.

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