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FIAT calls on Government to reinstate its electrical automotive grant

  • Car maker expands its personal electrical vehicle grant of £3,000 to proceed to stimulate personal automotive market
  • House of Lords report (Feb 6) highlighted threat of local weather change ‘slow lane’ if no motion taken by Government
  • “More needs to be done,” says FIAT UK Managing Director, Damien Dally

 

FIAT has renewed its name on the Government to reinstate its electrical automotive grant to attain its 2030 goal of 80% electrical car (EV) gross sales for the UK. 

In January, EV gross sales stood at 14.7% of recent registrations with personal purchaser gross sales down 25.1 p.c year-on-year. 

The Italian maker of the favored Fiat 500e and just lately launched family-focused Fiat 600e has expanded its personal £3,000 grant – the FIAT E-Grant – for patrons, to point out that it’s ‘doing its bit’ to assist the Government’s targets.

FIAT UK Managing Director, Damien Dally, mentioned: “More needs to be done. Consumers need further support to have a reason to make the switch to electric.”

The transfer echoes the findings of the House of Lords atmosphere and local weather change committee report earlier this month. Under the Government’s personal Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) mandate, 22% of recent automotive gross sales within the UK have to be pure electrical in 2024, by 2030 that determine should hit 80%. 

Dally added: “The excellent news is the UK has now handed the a million electrical automobiles landmark. However, the electrical automotive market on this nation is in actual jeopardy. Private gross sales, versus enterprise and fleets, are softening and that’s a pattern that wants a collective effort to reverse.

“With the Spring Budget just around the corner, we are urging the Government to reintroduce incentives for consumers or face stifling, or even undoing, all the good work achieved to date and risking endangering net zero climate targets. We’re doing our bit, but there’s only so far we can go.”

Last June, FIAT turned the primary producer to launch its personal electrical automotive grant, 12 months after the Government eliminated any monetary incentives to encourage retail prospects to go electrical.

At launch, the FIAT E-Grant was supplied on the Fiat 500e and Fiat 500e convertible. The grant is now additionally accessible on the brand new Fiat 600e and Abarth 500e.

Please notice: the photographs of the Fiat 500e and 600e exterior 10 downing avenue have been digitally manipulated.

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Return of the electric car grant: FIAT reveals £3,000 incentive to get Britain’s electric car revolution back on track

  • FIAT introduces £3,000 Fiat E-Grant for Fiat 500e and 500e Convertible buyers
  • Italian car brand writes open letter to UK Government and calls on it to help incentivise drivers to go electric 
  • One year ago the Plug-in Car Grant came to an end – while 21 EU member states currently offer incentives to stimulate electric car uptake* 
  • Data reveals UK’s electric vehicle sales share has plateaued 
  • For more detail on the offer visit here

 

FIAT has become the first car manufacturer to launch its own electric car grant in the UK since the Government scheme to incentivise car drivers to go electric ended nearly 12 months ago.
 

At £3,000, the FIAT E-Grant doubles the £1,500 offered at that scheme’s close in June last year and is available on FIAT’s all-electric 500e and 500e Convertible.
 

The Italian car brand has also written an open letter asking the UK Government to join it in incentivising Britons to make the switch.
 

Electric vehicle data suggests that the exponential growth of the vehicle segment in the UK is starting to slow**, while some data has revealed that demand for electric cars has fallen 65% year-on-year***.
 

While the Plug-in Car Grant has been removed, similar schemes continue to operate in 21*

European countries today, with countries such as Germany and Spain offering significant incentives of up to €9,000*.
 

Damien Dally, Managing Director, FIAT UK, commented: “There’s no doubt the government’s Plug-in Car Grant successfully kickstarted the UK’s electric car revolution – it supported the sale of nearly half a million electric cars.
 

“We also appreciate it refocusing funding towards one of the main barriers to the electric vehicle transition, public charging.
 

“However, with the cost-of-living crisis and rising cost of electric vehicles, coupled with our net zero climate targets, we believe more needs to be done to incentivise individuals to be able to afford to make the switch.
 

“That’s why we’ve taken it upon ourselves to launch the FIAT E-Grant, a £3,000 incentive towards the 500e and 500e Convertible.
 

“The 500e has won countless industry accolades, it looks great, its compactness suits our busy streets and roads and will certainly put a smile on a driver’s face. We want drivers up and down the country to have a better chance of experiencing that.”  

 

For more information about the FIAT E-Grant visit: www.fiat.co.uk/500-electric/all-electric-500-hatchback