Has anyone got/seen/has info on one of the new green EV car numberplates with either a GB, EU or even UK overlay?

 

Presumably the country letters will actually be allowed on the plate but an online search has so far drawn a blank.

 

No doubt this photo has a couple of other (non country) variations which aren't legal though?

Or are they?

 

 

Just seen the 2nd down plates, lots of them and nothing on the green like a Country Identifier. 

They clearly are GB plates.  

Rule Britannia.

7 minutes ago, e-Roottoot said:

Just seen the 2nd down plates, lots of them and nothing on the green like a Country Identifier. 

They clearly are GB plates.  

Rule Britannia.

I realise the middle ones are kosher but maybe the others were just from the consultation stage? The main question was about the “Rule Brittania’ (or earlier) additions though. 

We might hear if people are being stopped by officers of the law if they put these on their EV's or failing a MOT.

First Grant Shapps will have to come out and tell us the regs / law on them or Gov.UK / DfT.

 

It will need to be someplace in writing because drivers of UK cars taken to the EU might end up breaking EU laws with dodgy stickers

& not the correct spec of plate that the UK has introduced.

 

Edited 24 August, 20214 yr by e-Roottoot

Correct only the middle ones are legal, the other two were under consideration. 
 

You can still have the GB etc in the green band. 

Edited 24 August, 20214 yr by Gizmo

I've seen some of the middle ones with the union flag and GB/UK on them. I'm not sure if they were made like that or if it's stickers as it was in passing.

1 hour ago, Gizmo said:

You can still have the GB etc in the green band. 

But can you?
None of George’s photos show what I’d expect to see (letters only without flags, logos etc) and the GB will be replaced with UK very soon making existing plates obsolete abroad. Well at least needing additional origin identification too.

Edited 24 August, 20214 yr by john999boy
Errant apostrophe.

I believe the GB letters on plates and stickers are being replaced by UK. Don’t know if it’s allowed on the green strip though.

10 hours ago, Jfhuk said:

I believe the GB letters on plates and stickers are being replaced by UK. Don’t know if it’s allowed on the green strip though.

https://www.rac.co.uk/drive/news/motoring-news/gb-car-sticker-to-be-replaced-by-new-uk-version/

 

The green stripe is a UK thing, so if you want to drive abroad with an EV green plate, you will still be required to have a 'UK' badge displayed.



On the EV green stripe thing, many dealers are not aware, so new EVs are supplied with normal plates. I was not even asked and didn't think about it, so my car was supplied with bog standard plates and no stripe of any kind.

@LuckypantsYou got your car just as the plates were starting to be used did you not?

Not all dealers that makeup their own plates had the new ones available.

 

http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/481755-green-registration-plates-are-coming-for-evs-in-the-uk

 

 

http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/455372-uk-green-registration-plates-to-lead-the-world-in-green-transport

 

When the UK leads the world in anything you can be sure that it will be very slow in doing it and in the details.

 

Edited 25 August, 20214 yr by e-Roottoot

Nope, I got mine in March and the plates were introduced from December 2020, so really the dealer should have been well aware. Plenty of EVs still being supplied without them from what I see. Not that I'm bothered, it seems a gimmick to me. None of the supposed benefits of having a green plate have materialised, everything is about 'raising awareness' these days instead of actually doing something. I would have liked the dealer to have offered a choice of plain, UK 'euro style' or 'green stripe' though.

What are the benefits of these 'Green' plates? Apart from virtue signalling of course!

13 hours ago, john999boy said:

Has anyone got/seen/has info on one of the new green EV car numberplates with either a GB, EU or even UK overlay?

 

Presumably the country letters will actually be allowed on the plate but an online search has so far drawn a blank.

Yes I have seen many with the green stripe on the left, but I am on a number of EV forums where people post pictures of their new EVs  I have seen none of the other formats and think those were only for consultation.
 

As far as I can tell, you can still have country letters and flags displayed as previously, even 'in the green'. This is a UK thing only though. If travelling abroad you will need a 'UK' sticker if you have a green plate, as this is not EU compliant for country identification. To travel abroad you need to display a Union Jack with 'UK' on your plate. I assume plates made up before this ridiculous change to a 'UK' instead of 'GB' identifier are still valid.

https://www.gov.uk/displaying-number-plates/flags-symbols-and-identifiers

Edited 25 August, 20214 yr by Luckypants

Having seen old Leaf like mine sporting the green "flahes", I considered getting some, even Halfords does it: 

https://www.halfords.com/motoring/advice/green-number-plates.html

 

But I'm too cheap to spend money on things that I get absolutely nothing in return. 

Muppets of Traffic Wardens in Perth at Mill Street Park & Display might notice a Green Flash on a Reg Plate, and look to see if the car is an EV so can be on a Charger without paying for Car Parking.

But then if they can not spot a Blue Badge maybe not.

 

One advantage of the Green Flash is to other drivers that best be aware they might turn without indicating.

It is getting rather hairy as some types that maybe never drove for years or are new to it now have EV's.

On 24/08/2021 at 21:45, Jfhuk said:

I believe the GB letters on plates and stickers are being replaced by UK.

I heard that too, which means GB on number plates is not valid when driving in Europe and additional UK plates are required (either magnetic or adhesive on the body, or - not sure if the EU will accept a stick on UK over the GB on the number plates?).

This was strange when it showed the Union Flag / GB plate from a Grant Shapps tweet. 

 'United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland.' so it should be UK, not GB.

http://dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9207759/First-look-new-Union-Jack-number-plates-EU-flag-vanishes-UK-cars.html

 

Edited 26 August, 20214 yr by e-Roottoot

36 minutes ago, e-Roottoot said:

This was strange when it showed the Union Flag / GB plate from a Grant Shapps tweet. 

 'United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland.' so it should be UK, not GB.

http://dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9207759/First-look-new-Union-Jack-number-plates-EU-flag-vanishes-UK-cars.html

 

This article was from before the UK notified the UN of the change from GB to UK id letters. the photo is an old photo Grant Schapps tweeted in November.

I know from when it was.  & I read it at the time and posted about it then and linked it now.

 

The Government / DfT need to be telling people stuff, too often now it comes from the RAC and is just what some Government person tells them.

http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/481755-green-registration-plates-are-coming-for-evs-in-the-uk

 

 

United Nations.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations

 

Edited 26 August, 20214 yr by e-Roottoot

There must be Civil Servants around who can update Government Websites, maybe a Secretary of State or Junior Minister with some responsibility other than being at photo opportunities.

https://www.gov.uk/displaying-number-plates/flags-symbols-and-identifiers

 

I linked that in yesterday ^^^^^^ 

I would have liked to be able to ask what the car had been adapted with.

Good touch for originality keeping the exhaust. 

(New V5 issued this month.)

 

Edited 28 August, 20214 yr by e-Roottoot

Maybe that car is an EV and there's a lag in the details? It would be unusual to register it before doing a major transplant though!

 

I'm still waiting to see a green edged plate complete with ID letters. 

@john999boySo am i and i have seen lots and lots of brand new EV's today, lots of new EV vans about.

 

Maybe not that many EV drivers will be going overseas at the moment.   

Could be that place in Wales that was the subject of the TV series Vintage Voltage. There's one member of this forum that did his own EV conversion on a Favorit.

More here https://www.drive2.com/l/5534036/

I've noticed here in Germany they kept the EU marker but the plates end in E to denote an electric vehicle.  The oldtimers have an H suffix for 'Historisch'. 


  

Not seen a green UK plate yet but managed to see a 'normal' one - here.