£5000 Electric Plug-In Car Grant

To be eligible for the Plug-In Car Discount every manufacturer has to offer a car that passes the following criteria:

 

CO2 Emissions – Less than 75g/km

Range – More than 70 miles between charges

Top Speed – More than 60mph

Warranty – 60,000 mile vehicle warranty that implicitly covers both battery life and drive train performance.  

 

A big hurdle for take-up of electric cars has been the lack of charging points available. At present, only London, Milton Keynes and areas in the northeast of England have charging points.

 

£20m has also been allocated to councils within The Midlands, Greater Manchester, East of England, Scotland and Northern Ireland to install 4000 more charging points. That's in addition to the 11,000 EV posts being installed in London, Milton Keynes and North East England by 2013.  

 

Click this link for the very latest charge point locations  

 

Below are the nine cars that receive the £5000 plug-in grant, each one emitting less than 75g/km of CO2. From 1 January 2011, they all qualify for £5000 off the list price but you will have to wait for a number of them.

 

Click on the cars for further key details around ownership costs and performance details.  

 

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From 1 January 2011 car buyers that purchase an approved electric vehicle will get a 25% discount on the price, up to a maximum of £5,000. A total of £43m has been allocated towards Plug-in Car Grants for the period until March 2012.  

 

Benefits to ‘buying electric’ include the £5,000 plug-in grant, which effectively is a cash discount when you purchase from the dealer, allied to totally free road tax and full exemption from the London Congestion Charge. Company Car buyers can also take advantage of a tasty little loophole – these cars are exempt from Company Car Tax for five years. Compared to a diesel Ford Focus it's a saving of around £500 per year for a basic rate tax payer.

Electric Car Grant Eligibility

Electric Plug-In Car Grant