Electric vehicles to be discounted in government scheme

The cost of a new electric car will soon be reduced to £ 3,750, when the government starts grant to encourage drivers to move away from petrol and diesel vehicles.

The Transport Department (DFT) said that with the most environmentally friendly vehicles, the most environmentally friendly vehicles will apply discounts on eligible vehicles.

Car manufacturers can apply for funding from Wednesday, RAC stated that concessional cars should begin to appear at the dealership “within weeks”.

But some drivers have first told the BBC that Urban, finally, needs more charging points to motivate people to buy electric vehicles (EVS).

The government has promised to ban the sale of newly new petrol or diesel cars and vans since 2030.

Under the scheme, the discount will be between £ 1,500 and £ 3,750 and buyers will be able to claim discounts on dealerships.

The grant to reduce the cost of EVS will be funded through the £ 650M scheme, and will be available for three years.

Britain’s streets have about 1.3 million electric cars, but currently only 82,000 public charging points.

Over the weekend, Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander said that the government would invest £ 63M to fund the EV charging points.

But this North will not arrive soon for 49 -year -old Caroline Hammond from Devon.

“We want to invest in an electric car, but our house only has” single phase “electricity,” he told the BBC. “This means that there is not enough electricity to run the house and charge an electric car.”

She says that there is also a case for her neighbors. “To upgrade our electricity connection, there will be £ 20k plus VAT, then there are more costs when putting in charging points and buying a car,” he said.

“Just this, sad, is very expensive.”

Alexander said: “This EV grant will not only allow people to keep the money earned by their hard work, it will help to seize one of our biggest opportunities of the 21st century.”

But Chhaya Transport Secretary Gareth Beckon said: “Before the Labor country is ready, the families are forcing them into more expensive electric vehicles,” saying that EVS a “product people did not want performance”.

He said, “Labor is putting pure voids beyond general knowledge and in front of family finance,” he said.

The government said: “Rebate means that zero emission cars are now cheaper to buy and run more than ever, and come at the top in preference tax rates, provide real savings for working families.”

Jimmy Kim, a 43 -year -old London, is losing weight whether he may risk going into electric.

He said, “Financial arguments for an EV vehicle do not add to an EV vehicle compared to a skilled petrol or hybrid vehicle,” he said.

He said that the long -term cost of EV ownership, “coupled with the fact that cars devalue after 10 years”, means “the current economic climate makes no logical meaning to buy one in the current economic climate”.

But 38 -year -old Paul Cole also told London that he would not go back in a petrol car.

He said, “I would say that it is a switch that it is fantastic and you have a infrastructure to do so,” he told the BBC.

He said, “We had recently gone home and when we went inside, there was already a charging point in the driveway. We also had solar panels installed, so an electric car made the correct meaning,” he said.

He says that to save money on the power required to charge the car, he charges the car overnight when the electricity is the cheapest.

“Now we have two years, and we don’t regret it for a moment.”

Drivers who buy electric cars can get tax breaks if their employer has a company car scheme.

The grant for EVS is first available, But was scraped in 2022 Under conservative leadership.

It was first launched in 2011, the grants were designed to buy new electric vehicles more cheap by providing a discount of £ 1,500 for cars under £ 32,000.

When the scheme was finished, the Transport Department stated that funding would be “revived” to the main obstacles for electric vehicle infection, such as public charging, and supporting the purchase of electric vans, taxis and motorcycles.

Your voice, additional reporting by your BBC and Koni Bokar.