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Green number plates

Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2020 6:03 am
by Ph66
Anybody know when the new green electric number plate is going to be introduced . Government said autumn I think , would have been good to do it 1/9/2020. And have on new ID3 !!!!

Re: Green number plates

Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2020 9:17 am
by Rob
According to Auto Express - started this month with the new 70 plates.

Tuesday 1 September marks the arrival of the 70-plate number plate, with the new registration being the first to feature a green slash for electric cars. - https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/news/1045 ... ber-plates

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Re: Green number plates

Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2020 3:06 pm
by Ph66
Not sure about this report, have seen 2 Tesla's with 70 plates , and they were the normal ones !

Re: Green number plates

Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2020 11:48 am
by Rob
I was wondering if it was dealer dependant. If they just stick normal ones on? can't image many would go to the trouble to source the green ones if they have stock of the others to clear!

Re: Green number plates

Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2020 4:25 pm
by Rhevian
Mine does not have the green badge on the number plate.

Re: Green number plates

Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2020 4:48 pm
by Abadgermac
Standard plate for me too. Will change when I get the software update installed at the dealership in January.

Re: Green number plates

Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2020 2:22 pm
by HeidiFlowerpt Driver
Mine was delivered on 28th November with standard plates. I've just seen a news report claiming it'll be legal to display the green flash from 10th December. I don't have confirmation of that though...

Re: Green number plates

Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2020 5:03 pm
by Deleted User 192
From December 8th, but currently utterly pointless other than helping the government show what good boys and girls they are...

Re: Green number plates

Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2020 2:57 pm
by Ians
Mine was registered on 11/12/20 and came with Green

Re: Green number plates

Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2020 10:06 pm
by HeidiFlowerpt Driver
On Friday I walked past my car parked on the drive, and noticed the front number plate lying on the ground in front of the car. For some reason the dealership had fixed the rear numberplate with screws but the front numberplate just with sticky pads - which hadn't stuck firmly enough.

I phoned the dealership and today I drove down and they replaced both my numberplates with the new green-flashed plates, and screwed them both firmly in place, free of charge.

Re: Green number plates

Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2020 10:23 pm
by Deleted User 192
HeidiFlowerpot wrote: Mon Dec 21, 2020 10:06 pm On Friday I walked past my car parked on the drive, and noticed the front number plate lying on the ground in front of the car. For some reason the dealership had fixed the rear numberplate with screws but the front numberplate just with sticky pads - which hadn't stuck firmly enough.

I phoned the dealership and today I drove down and they replaced both my numberplates with the new green-flashed plates, and screwed them both firmly in place, free of charge.
And hopefully recycled the old ones?

Re: Green number plates

Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2020 3:48 pm
by HeidiFlowerpt Driver
scott28tt wrote: Mon Dec 21, 2020 10:23 pm
HeidiFlowerpot wrote: Mon Dec 21, 2020 10:06 pm On Friday I walked past my car parked on the drive, and noticed the front number plate lying on the ground in front of the car. For some reason the dealership had fixed the rear numberplate with screws but the front numberplate just with sticky pads - which hadn't stuck firmly enough.

I phoned the dealership and today I drove down and they replaced both my numberplates with the new green-flashed plates, and screwed them both firmly in place, free of charge.
And hopefully recycled the old ones?
I've retained one of them and will mount it on the wall of my garage alongside the rear plate from my first ever car - a 1965 Beetle.

Re: Green number plates

Posted: Thu Dec 24, 2020 5:08 pm
by Sindidziwa
I've been promised green-flash plates next time I go in for a software fix - could be soon?

Re: Green number plates

Posted: Sat Mar 20, 2021 2:15 pm
by MPA10
I’m having problems sourcing green domed screw caps for fitting the front number plate.... anyone seen them anywhere? I don’t really want to go down the sticky strips route

Re: Green number plates

Posted: Sat Mar 20, 2021 4:23 pm
by HeidiFlowerpt Driver
MPA10 wrote: Sat Mar 20, 2021 2:15 pm I’m having problems sourcing green domed screw caps for fitting the front number plate.... anyone seen them anywhere? I don’t really want to go down the sticky strips route
My 'green' plates just have a green vertical stripe down the left edge, about 40mm wide. The two screws that fix the plate to the car are further inboard than the green stripe, so the 'normal' coloured ones do fine.

Re: Green number plates

Posted: Sat Mar 20, 2021 4:45 pm
by Avalon
Mine were exchanged with green stripped plates when the car went in for its 2.1 upgrade.

Original white screw head/collar on the front seemingly sprayed a non-matching green!


Ava

Re: Green number plates

Posted: Sat Mar 20, 2021 5:08 pm
by Ph66
MPA10 wrote: Sat Mar 20, 2021 2:15 pm I’m having problems sourcing green domed screw caps for fitting the front number plate.... anyone seen them anywhere? I don’t really want to go down the sticky strips route
Got my green ones off eBay, there not an exact match but near .

Re: Green number plates

Posted: Wed Mar 24, 2021 10:08 pm
by minty1002
I picked mine up at the weekend and it has the green number plate.

Re: Green number plates

Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2021 2:50 pm
by Scratch
HeidiFlowerpt Driver wrote: Mon Dec 21, 2020 10:06 pm On Friday I walked past my car parked on the drive, and noticed the front number plate lying on the ground in front of the car. For some reason the dealership had fixed the rear numberplate with screws but the front numberplate just with sticky pads - which hadn't stuck firmly enough.

I phoned the dealership and today I drove down and they replaced both my numberplates with the new green-flashed plates, and screwed them both firmly in place, free of charge.
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It amazes me when you say “ and screwed them both firmly in place, free of charge.” Why wouldn’t it be free of charge? It was their incompetence that caused the problem.

Re: Green number plates

Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2021 3:20 pm
by Andreas
minty1002 wrote: Wed Mar 24, 2021 10:08 pm I picked mine up at the weekend and it has the green number plate.
Mine had them fitted when I picked up mid-July.

All the best

Andreas