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FiatUk

FIAT reacts to Government Spring Budget 2024

  • FIAT reacts to the shortage of incentives within the Government’s Spring Budget to stimulate the sale of electrical automobiles to non-public clients 
  • Despite lack of Governmental motion, FIAT continues to supply its E-Grant of £3,000 on all electrical fashions

 

Damien Dally, Managing Director, FIAT UK, commented: 

“It’s vastly disappointing that the Chancellor has didn’t reinstate monetary incentives for electrical automobile consumers in as we speak’s price range. 

“While the extension of a 5p cut in fuel duty will be welcome news to motorists, it’s estimated the cost to the Treasury will be around £5 billion to implement.”  

“The Government has missed a chance to ringfence some or all the cash that might have come from the gasoline responsibility rise and make investments it into this nation’s seemingly dwindling electrical automobile technique.  

“The Government has set the path of journey by implementing the Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) Mandate and Net Zero goal however is doing nothing to incentivise non-public (retail) clients to drive electrical autos.  

“The numbers don’t lie; non-public gross sales account for fewer than one in 5 electrical automobile registrations in 2024 – and the general market share is method under the 22% mandated by the federal government as a part of the ZEV Mandate. 

“The demand for electric vehicles is waning and we are sleepwalking into an electric vehicle crisis. The Government is also potentially putting its Net Zero target at risk.”  

“Without any Government monetary incentive there’s no purpose for the patron to make the change – which is why we launched the £3,000 FIAT E-Grant final June. 

 “FIAT is doing its bit, but this requires a collective effort to reverse the downward trend. Unfortunately, it seems the switch to electric isn’t a priority for the government.” 

6th March 2024 

 

 

ENDS

Contact: 

VINCE CLISHAM
HEAD OF PUBLIC RELATIONS
vincent.clisham@stellantis.com

TEL +44(0)7835 114390

 

LUCINDA INGGS 
PUBLIC RELATIONS MANAGER
lucinda.inggs@stellantis.com

TEL +44(0)7542 394878

MICHAEL ARNOLD
PRESS FLEET MANAGER
pressfleet@stellantis.com   

TEL +44(0)7831 829410

JEREMY TOWNSEND
COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR
jeremy.townsend@stellantis.com   

TEL +44(0)7827 896480

VauxhallUk

VAUXHALL RESPONSE TO SPRING BUDGET 2024

  • Vauxhall responds to the shortage of incentives supplied within the Government’s Spring Budget to stimulate the UK’s transfer to electrical automobiles
  • Vauxhall has joined the FairCharge group’s name for fairer VAT coverage on public charging to match charging charges at dwelling so these with out off-street charging usually are not penalised

James Taylor, Managing Director, Vauxhall, commented: “Today’s Spring Budget has not delivered the acceleration wanted to cease the UK’s transition to electrical automobiles from stalling. 

“If we’re to satisfy the rightly formidable targets specified by the Government’s Zero Emission Vehicle mandate (80% of all automobiles offered to be electrical by 2030) then there must be incentives for personal automobile patrons to make the swap to electrical as there are within the majority of European nations. 

“Vauxhall will already provide its complete automobile and van line-up as electrical by the top of this yr and has quite a few extremely aggressive affords out there however we can not drive demand alone. 

“Whilst there are sturdy incentives for firm automobile drivers to make the swap to electrical – together with for these selecting luxurious automobiles – the non-public purchaser who needs a extra attainable small or household automobile receives nothing. 

“Furthermore, if you happen to can cost your electrical automobile at dwelling with off-street parking then you’ll pay 5% VAT in your electrical energy. If you don’t have a driveway and depend on public chargers then you’ll pay 20% VAT in your electrical energy. We help the FairCharge marketing campaign for a fairer taxation on charging. 

“We would call on the Chancellor to urgently set up purchase incentives to stimulate the electric vehicle market and review the unfair taxation on public charging so that the UK isn’t left behind in the race to more sustainable motoring.”

FiatUk

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.

 ENDS

Contact: 

VINCE CLISHAM
HEAD OF PUBLIC RELATIONS
vincent.clisham@stellantis.com

TEL +44(0)7385 114390

 

LUCINDA INGGS 
PUBLIC RELATIONS MANAGER
lucinda.inggs@stellantis.com

TEL +44(0)7542 394878

 

MICHAEL ARNOLD
PRESS FLEET MANAGER
pressfleet@stellantis.com   

TEL +44(0)7831 829410

 

JEREMY TOWNSEND
COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR
jeremy.townsend@stellantis.com   

TEL +44(0)7827 896480

News

£70 million for brand new fast chargers at UK motorway providers

The authorities has introduced a £70 million scheme to stimulate the set up of ultra-rapid electric vehicle chargers at motorway service stations however it’s nonetheless set to overlook its goal of getting six such units at every web site in England by the top of the yr. 

As a part of the Department for Transport’s vision for the rapid charging network in England (printed in May 2020), the federal government deliberate for there to be not less than six high-power-capable, open-access (150-350kW) cost factors at every service station in England by 2023.

Research published by the RAC in May 2023 discovered that the federal government was unlikely to succeed in this goal by the yr’s finish. Data from charger mapping service Zap-Map then confirmed that six areas didn’t have these units: Barton Park on the A1(M), Carlisle Northbound on the M6, Leicester Forest on either side of the M1, Strensham Southbound on the M5 and Tebay South on the M6.

According to Zap-Map, a number of websites nonetheless would not have ultra-rapid chargers, together with Carlisle Southwaite North and Carlisle Southwaite South, Strensham Northbound, and Tebay North.

Each of those websites, nevertheless, does have not less than a 50kW provision. 

The funding introduced at the moment on the COP28 local weather convention might be used to organize {the electrical} community at 5 to 10 service stations for the set up of extra 100kW-plus cost factors.

The authorities has not specified precisely how the £70m, which comes from the £950m Rapid Charging Fund, might be allotted.

Vauxhall Corsa-E charging at Gridserve charger – rear quarter

However, it lately highlighted the provision of grid connections as a key barrier to the ramp-up of charger installations. In the 30-point plan for drivers, printed in October, the federal government mentioned it should “review grid connections process for EV charge points, with [the] aim to accelerate it”.

The public charging trade has additionally repeatedly mentioned the restricted availability of grid connections is a significant impediment to bettering cost level provision. Toddington Harper, CEO of Gridserve, told Autocar in April: “Almost each subject of pace of implementation is right down to the pace of grid connections. I’m not kicking the grid right here: it was designed for a totally totally different objective and adapting it to what we’d like, whereas conserving the lights on, is a big activity.