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........so for cars registered with a shiny new '75' plate.

And here lies the problem, 'Registered', EV's, not 'sold' EV's. 
Autotrader is full of 'New' second hand EV's with around 10 miles on the clock at a reduced price. It appears to be a car manufacturers/dealers trick to reduce the amount of fines for the lack of EV's sold compared to petrol and diesel vehicles. 

Yep.... You make a good point. Which is why I was able to buy Mrs Opti a milk float with a 60% discount. 

I also reckon there could be some good deals on the last of the derv cars......if they want to shift them.

That's a serious amount of discount.    This situation has put car manufacturers in an impossible position, and one they can't possibly keep up.

........so for cars registered with a shiny new '75' plate.

And here lies the problem, 'Registered', EV's, not 'sold' EV's. 
Autotrader is full of 'New' second hand EV's with around 10 miles on the clock at a reduced price. It appears to be a car manufacturers/dealers trick to reduce the amount of fines for the lack of EV's sold compared to petrol and diesel vehicles. 

Yep.... You make a good point. Which is why I was able to buy Mrs Opti a milk float with a 60% discount. 

I also reckon there could be some good deals on the last of the derv cars......if they want to shift them.

........so for cars registered with a shiny new '75' plate.

And here lies the problem, 'Registered', EV's, not 'sold' EV's. 
Autotrader is full of 'New' second hand EV's with around 10 miles on the clock at a reduced price. It appears to be a car manufacturers/dealers trick to reduce the amount of fines for the lack of EV's sold compared to petrol and diesel vehicles. 

Just to add, the amount of car manufacturers abandoning EV production expansion plans tells a more telling story. 

........so for cars registered with a shiny new '75' plate.

Quite surprised by these figures when compared with September 2024.

Petrol.....141,308. ............Up 2.4%
Electric...72,779................Up 29.1%
Hybrids..47,883............... Up 3.5%
Plug in hybrids....38,308....Up 56.4%
Derv....12609...................Down 28.2%

I was expecting petrol to outsell milk floats by 10-1 and not 2-1.

Also, look at the number of sales for Hybrids and Plug in Hybrids. Does the £3750 government grant apply to these as well as 'full milk float' electric cars?.

It just looked to be a promotional thing for Carly to me.

Yes, it was. But the facts around the law probably make it worthwhile paying someone like them, especially if you're thinking of forking out £20,000+ for a used car.

It just looked to be a promotional thing for Carly to me.

Very much so. 
Although the problem is very real. 

It just looked to be a promotional thing for Carly to me.

You,ll be lucky if you achieve that. 

My next build has a Rover (Buick!) V8, 3500cc and has a Holley 4barrel carb . Folks I spoke to said 20mpg in "normal" driving

That is shocking!

A scam here in Spain is buying accident damaged cars from other EU countries , repairing and then getting a Spanish log book and selling them. No history and they look the bees knees on the forecourt or in Lidl car park