Government will subsidise prices cuts to encourage a shift away from petrol and diesel.

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    7 days ago

    I miss UK cars.

    had an electric kia, was shit, but it was a normal sized car and insurance+ tax was practically nothing compared to what it costs me in the States.

    insurance alone is 4k per year, I can cover the cost of my old ass car in a bit over 3 years of insurance.

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      had an electric kia, was shit,

      Which one was it? I’ve had my eye on the EVx range which looks decent.

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        Kia nero plug in hybrid.

        after a few months the charging stopped working, instead of fixing it they told me the only garage that can handle it is 2 hour drive away, after going there and spending a shit ton in repairs, they didn’t fix it, and they wanted my to go back there or further to check it out. at some point I had to gave up and accept that it is no longer a plug in hybrid.

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          My friend briefly owned a Niro and had to send it back within a week. I wonder if that model is just riddled with issues?

          Surprised you had to pay, wouldn’t it have been covered by the 7 year warranty?

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            the kia technician kept saying that they need to replace the battery and it wasn’t under warranty.

            it was a 2 hour drive and was really desperate.

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      7 days ago

      4k?! I had no idea car insurance was so high in the US. Is that normal or is it that you’re deemed “high risk” for some reason?

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    8 days ago

    This looks like great news, but I’m willing to bet the average selling price of these cars are going to go up by around £3,750.

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      Maybe I’m naive but there’s plenty of competition in the car market, if a manufacturer raises their prices but the rest don’t then they’ll be shooting themselves in the foot.

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        I read somewhere that there were 50 possible models this could apply to. In each price range 15-20k, 20-25k etc the competition is vanishing small. If you need a car and have ££k to spend there are only a couple of options. They know they can price gouge, and the dealers don’t really want to sell the EV models, because they make no money on servicing.