There is support for a government EV scrappage scheme, with importance placed on the scheme in relation to new cars specifically, according to Starline’s November Used Car Tracker which questioned 60 dealers.
The Used Car Tracker shows 28% believe a scrappage scheme should target new cars, 27% used cars, and 45% both. Also, 28% want it applied to ICE cars over five years old, 45% over 10 years and 27% over 15 years.
Paul Burgess, CEO at Startline Motor Finance, said: “We’ve found quite a wide spread of opinions but, if you pick the most popular options for each response, you have a scheme subsidising both new and used electric models, with the cars submitted for scrappage over 10 years old, and an allowance of up to £4,000 available for 12 months.
“Whether the government can be persuaded to embrace an initiative with these kinds of parameters is open to question – it would be expensive at a time when budgets are tight.
“However, the research does hopefully provide useful pointers about how dealers believe official policy could encourage more people to go into EVs.”
More than half (53%) say it should be added to existing government EV subsidies and 47% say it should replace them.
In terms of the scrappage allowance, 8% say it needs to be at least £2,000, 28% say it should be at least £3,000, 35% say at least £4,000 and 20% say at least £5,000.
Finally, 15% think the scrappage scheme should run for three months, 40% for six months and 45% for 12 months.
