Government reveals support scheme offering £5,000 off the cost of a new car will be replaced by a tiered system based on emissions The government's popular electric car grant scheme will end this year to be replaced by tiered support system related to vehicle emissions, the government has confirmed. The current version of the grant,...
The UK government is replacing its current electric vehicle scheme at this year with a tiered support system related to vehicle emissions. The previous grant which awarded EV owners up to £5000 towards the purchase of their new car has now been replaced with a system that awards grants based on targeting cars with the lowest emissions. It is unconfirmed the exact amount of money the government is putting towards the grant but £200 million of funding is already in place to support the scheme.