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The Government's decision to cut the plug-in grant came out of the blue in March, but there are a strong set of incentives in place for electric vehicle (EV) buyers to kick off Q2. The plug-in car grant (PiCG) for pure EVs was reduced from £3,000 to £2,500 and the list price cap reduced from £50,000 to £35,000. But, as AM's data shows, there are still plenty of models that qualify (17 that AM could find on manufacturers' representative examples online) and the average monthly payment across all of them is less than £300. The cap of £35,000 does rule out most of the more premium models from brands like Audi, BMW, Mercedes-Benz.and Tesla, but there is still a breadth of model sizes available, from city cars to crossovers to SUVs. Citroeen revised its prices to make sure the new eC4 remained eligible for the grant and while it's at the pricier end of the market compared with others, it has a relatively low deposit level and a deposit contribution of £700 in Q2. Citroeen is hoping this adjustment will help the new EV make up to 20% of all C4 sales. |