Still valid points, but UK left the EU.
Not seen any new UK C02 type EU heavy fines legislation, something like high C02 Cadillac/Mustang sold would attract $12,000 C02 emission fines so they won't do sell well in 2021, whilst something like a Tesla Model 3 earns C02 credits Fiat purchased nearly $2 billion of C02 credits from Tesla to avoid paying higher EU C02 based fines.
l would have thought the UK will be the a local dumping ground in Europe for very cheap high C02 emission car, that does not seem the case. A lot people have been locked up at home since March not allowed out there homes for 9 months apart for exercise once a day, and shop for food/DIY once a week nearly everything else has been closed shut for business paid for by Fiat money. So l guess with most of wages in coming in on furlough to produce nothing means they saved a lot of money in the bank to spend on a Tesla as they to face a mass of C02 fines for owning an ICE car:
Congestion zone charges $80 a week ICE car, free for EV.
Low Emmisions Zones $542 a day rising at the moment, $1,084 to drive an sooty truck into London LEZ in the future when the boundary expands out move to catch Greater London where 1 in 6 of the UK population live free EV trucks.
$3 a day covid tax to drive the car into London to encourage cycling into work.
$270 to park outside your home in the street in urban areas.
Showroom Tax $1500 on a Mustang v 0.00 on a Tesla Model 3
$1,350 to park at work is being rolled out
Annual Road repair road tax up to $430 on a Mustang $0.00 for Tesla Model 3 EV's up to for ICE cars.
$4,000 incentive to buy a Tesla Model 3 EV, nothing for any ICE powered car
Every ICE car fill-up 80% of it a tankful of tax 60% fuel duty tax + 20% VAT tax Mustang v8 = massive UK fuel tax bill, Tesla Model 3 avoids these big taxes
UK December 2020 fuel prices are very high not Cadillac v8 friendly, very Tesla friendly it dosen't burn it, on a level playing field with UK EV cars.
USA (UK litre)
Unleaded $43.22 $Diesel 50.54
UK (UK litre)
Unleaded $156.7 Diesel $160.7
Europeans pay mainly a tank full of fuel taxes at ICE fill-ups 3 times more. Tesla Model 3 ducks under that radar is the first American "made" car to break the mould hit the No1 spot in the UK rather than No 501 like Cadillac v8.
Basically you get ripped off with climate change taxes if you own an ICE car in the UK, which will face bans in city centres or will become more and more taxed by draconian climate change legislation, Boris Johnson UK PM is a keen cyclist doesn't like cars, London's Mayor Mr Khan is the same.
Folk are thinking EV for long term avoidance of paying UK C02 climate change legislated in ICE taxes, is that correct Rupert Trooper?