The government has brought yet another round of cuts to its plug-in car grant. buyers can now only claim a maximum of £1,500 off the price of a new eligible plug-in car (£1,000 less than before) on models costing no a lot more than £32,000 – £3,000 less than previously.
These changes, the government says, will allow the grant funding to go additionally and support a lot more affordable vehicles. around 20 new models are eligible under the updated scheme, with wheelchair-accessible cars continuing to benefit from the previous rate of a maximum £2,500 grant on automobiles costing up to £35,000.
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The plug-in van grant has also been cut to £5,000 for large vans and £2,500 for small vans, with a limit of 1,000 customers per year. Plug-in motorcycles will benefit from a maximum of £500 off and mopeds £150.
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In buy to qualify for the grant, a plug-in car need to have a zero-emission range of 70 miles, and a maker quoted CO2 emissions figure of less than 50g/km. Although this indicates a plug-in hybrid could technically qualify for the grant if it met these criteria, no such model exists.
Transport minister Trudy Harrison said: “The market is charging ahead in the switch to electric vehicles. This, together with the boosting choice of new automobiles and growing demand from customers, indicates that we are re-focusing our automobile grants on the a lot more affordable automobiles and minimizing grant rates to allow a lot more people to benefit, and enable taxpayers’ money to go further.
“We want as lots of people as possible to be able to make the switch to an electric vehicle, which is why we will also be introducing new policies to make it much easier to find and pay at chargepoints. This will make sure motorists have confidence in our charging infrastructure, as we look to minimize our carbon emissions, create green jobs and level up ideal across the UK.”
Mike Hawes, chief executive of the society of motor makers and Traders (SMMT), said the cuts represented “a blow to customers”.
“We need to step the market even faster – from one in a hundred cars on the road being electric, to potentially one in three in just eight years – which indicates we must be doubling down on incentives,” he said. “Other global markets are already doing so whereas we are cutting, expecting the industry to subsidise the transition, and putting up prices for customers. UK motorists risk being left behind on the transition to zero-emission motoring.”
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