Electric cars.

I didn't know that!

 

Interestingly there is a company that is growing really rapidly as an end-of-life processor where they will take a car in and within a day it is stripped, all re-usable parts are identified, tagged/marked/cleaned and available for sale, with the rest going off for various recycling. I can't remember the name of the company now, but they are huge - a bit like an Amazon for used car spares. I watched a documentary on them some time ago and it was a fascinating watch.

Used Tesla motors and batteries, particularly from smashed cars are sent on to companies that are electrifying classics - lots of money involved, but equally fascinating.

 

If it is worth more, sell it outside London or We Buy Any Cr*p will also give you more...

The thing that is doing me with this is how he has been publicising quite heavily over the weekend that from today there is a wider scrappage scheme yada yada yada.. Today is the 21st - the thing goes live in a matter of DAYS. How is someone supposed to find a replacement vehicle and arrange to scrap their current one in that time frame?

 

Aren't these Polestar cars lovely....

 

Ah, now you are adding some logic to things.. and there isn't any of that allowed nowadays. The fact that you have a vehicle that is perfectly serviceable, fit to pass an MOT, has valid VED and insurance and of course a tankful of fuel with all VAT and Fuel Duty paid...... well, sorry, but that isn't enough.

 

That is a quote from Ms Rodrigues from Imperial College London when questioning the misleading study/data being used to force the ULEZ expansion through. Clever lady.

She has clearly worked out that by lying to the public there will likely be a backlash that will result in the expansion failing and potentially even existing schemes being removed, whilst also undermining science/scientists (who, let's face it are already up against it following the pandemic shenanigans)

Sadiq Khan accused of trying to ‘squash’ scientific ‘dissent’ over Ulez

 

I must admit that I haven't really bothered to take much notice of the details of ULEZ and the scrappage scheme but I heard an ad on the radio yesterday from the scheme. Its wording was (to the best of my memory) "money towards scrapping or replacing" the cars.

Some of the previous posts on here seem to imply that it is only for scrapping.

Having said that, £2,000 seems to be nowhere near enough to buy another car with the way prices have gone up. I haven't looked into the details but I wonder whether it is only towards an electric car or towards a ULEZ compliant car. In which case it could be a secondhand petrol car.