National and ACT reaffirm plans to cancel Clean Car Discount • Autotalk
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National and ACT have both reaffirmed their previously announced plans to cancel the Clean Car Discount, a decision highlighted during a political debate last night. This announcement took place at the Motor Trade Association’s political debate, which was held online in Wellington. Moderated by TV political journalist Lloyd Burr, the panel consisted of National transport […]

I'm curious to know what others think of this.

I'm personally for keeping it as I see the benefit coming in a few years having many more EV's available in the second hand market. Currently it's pretty much dominated by mainly Nissan Leaf's at the lower end of the secondhand market.

I know of a few people as well who have bought EV/Hybrids recently that would not have even considered going for EV's or even hybrids without the rebate.

  • SamC@lemmy.nz
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    1 year ago

    Probably need to understand the policy a bit better. If you get in line for a car but there’s a waiting list from the sudden demand, if you don’t get it until after they remove the policy do you end up missing out? It’s a bit of a gamble.

    Yeah, I'm sure there will be a sunset period, but it'll most likely only apply to people who have actually bought a car (i.e. it's been registered in their name). If it's on a boat, it won't count.

    They will probably give people a bit of lead time after the announcement though (ideally a couple of months at least). Although given it seems to be mostly ideological, maybe they won't, and sales will drop off a cliff as soon as they confirm it's ending.