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Will UK’s 10% discount get more people buying electric cars? The evidence doesn’t look good

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par Tom Stacey, Senior Lecturer in Operations and Supply Chain Management, Anglia Ruskin University

The UK government is offering a 10% taxpayer-funded discount on new plug-in cars that cost less than £37,000. It’s an attempt to re-energise the currently flatlining market for new electric vehicles (EVs) in the UK – but there are reasons for people’s reluctance that a price cut alone won’t solve.

The £37k price limit excludes all new Tesla, BMW and Mercedes-Benz cars – with Tesla still topping EV sales in the UK despite the recent backlash against its owner, Elon Musk. Many Chinese imports are also…

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