Guardian: The £5,000 discount on all new electric cars, which had been due to be introduced next year, could be scrapped as part of the government’s cost-cutting drive, the Guardian has learned. The Department for Business has told car industry executives the planned offer was being reviewed. Scrapping the discount would be a set back for the electric car market, which accounts for 1% of the 26m cars on British roads. The industry has already begun marketing its new electric models on the basis …