The previous scheme was primarily to help the car industry as there were so many cars already built but it also helped remove some of the older dirtier cars from the roads, plus it also boosts the economy.
The scrappage scheme is more helping the car industry (in fact, dealers more than manufacturers) rather than the average 15 year old car driver. I can't see how scrappage scheme can make a difference to any individual if you can't afford the outlay to buy a new car in the first place, as you've pointed out.
Another thing need to be done is for ANPR cameras to be able to recognise tailpipe exhausts. Currently, there is no way to police PHEV driving into emission regulated zones. The C-charge is waived only by the class of the car, meaning you can run your engine all day driving an extra heavy Range Rover PHEV in central London and still doesn't cost you a penny, but the supermini next to you might be outputting half the CO2 but have to pay the full C-charge.
Because the extra money paid to trade in brings down the repayments and makes it more affordable to get a new car. It is alot cheaper if you are getting £2k for your old car instead of £500.
Somehow I don't think you are ever going to get an anpr camera to measure a vehicles emissions.
Sort of contradiction here.
Aren't ANPR cameras hidden? There isn't a database of their locations anywhere public.
However the older the car the more likely it will be to need replacement parts as well as the older it being the higher the likely VED. The average emissions are dropping by about 35% every 15 years with a typical 2.0 litre now having lower emissions than a 1.2 in 2002. So it wouldn't be difficult for the government to make the VED for that 1.2 £1000+ per year. The crossover would soon come if that were the case.
Ford only have the one hybrid in Europe at the moment because the market just isn't strong enough. In America Ford have several hybrids and Ev's. Over the next few years, Ford are investing $11Bn in Ev's and hybrids. Ford don't need the scrappage scheme, they have been financing their own scrappage scheme since September allowing people to traded in their old petrol and diesel cars on new petrol and diesel cars, whilst some manufacturers are only taking in old diesels against new diesels.
Doesn't matter if they are on view or hidden, the only way of accurately measuring the emissions on any vehicle is with a probe inserted in the tailpipe.
Best place for them, I never did like them, bring back the 2.8is Capri
But if you are driving in traffic, you won't be demanding maximum power and the car is likely to be complying. If someone has gone to the trouble of buying a prev, they are likely to want to save fuel when possible.
Silly bugger!Best place for them, I never did like them, bring back the 2.8is Capri
Oh sorry ...... I see what you mean
Not a contradiction at all. £2000 for the trade in from scrappage will make repayments cheaper than £500 or less for trade in without. Making ownership of ICE cars drastically more expensive to try to get someone to buy EV instead isn't going to work.
No-one has to use main dealer servicing, not even for a car still in the manufacturer's warranty period.
Of course you don't have to, but then the pressure will be on you to proof you were listening to the correct music when unscrewing the engine oil drain nut. What about when you are under finance contract, like how most new cars are sold these days.
Who is making ICE cars more expensive? Sorry, I don't understand.
It doesn't matter if a car is on finance or not, so long as the garage is VAT registered any garage can service a car during and after the warranty period.
Yes. Detect exhaust output. Do things like link in IR cameras and detect increased temperature at the tailpipe location of cars, relative to the number plate location.
The BS is Nod's comment regarding switching between power sources like braking for speed cameras.Yes, you can't take all of his comment to heart. The channel is good for news and reporting on new EV's, comparison to ICE cars are a bit iffy.
just like if you "chip" an ICE powered vehicle to increase power by a software update.
If it was as easy as that to pin point emissions and get an accurate measurement, don't you think car manufacturers would be using such a method instead of having to install equipment in the boot and a probe up the exhaust to measure the cars for the real world emissions tests.
We are in uncharted waters here...... modified vehicles are modified by the end user. I've asked my insurer about changing wheel size, to go from 18inch (who puts 18 inch on a Skoda!) down to 16inch, both manufacturer out-of-the-factory wheels. The insurance company doesn't class this as a modification because it is still manufacturer spec, you can buy the same car from a dealer. So I'd think firmware updates are classed differently to "chip" ICE.Of course, if you modify the ECU away from the spec it left the factory to increase power you need to tell the insurers, who will now class it as a modified vehicle and slap a healthy increase on the premium
The point is not to accurately measure emission. The point is to identify presence of tailpipe emission, a yes or a no. This is to ensure people stay in zero-emission EV mode inside the highest polluting zones. We know vehicle emissions from other testing, this can be linked to the vehicles via the number plate. But the problem is:
I don't read any youtube comments because it's only setup for short sentence replies. Hardly the best medium for a logical discussion. The video does show he's quite biased. But the news are all widely publicised stuff and the interviews and specials are all standard PR practice.
Normally I'd agree ref YouTube comments but take a look at some of his replies in the 5 euro trip one, they are full on massive replies, longer than a lot of posts here!
Your replies are getting more and more deluded. If a firmware update means a car can accelerate quicker or have a higher top speed, it will have the same implications.
My insurance company does not class any optional extras fitted by the manufacturer at the time of purchase as modifications.
Some insurance companies will at least want to know what optional extras were fitted at the factory, even though they may not make an extra charge for it.
