Electric vehicles (EVs)

Switching to an electric vehicle is a great way to reduce your environmental impact and it could save you money. Compared to fossil-fuel powered vehicles, electric vehicles are cheaper to maintain and cheaper to fuel.

EV funding

Government grant schemes

Currently, the Office for Zero Emission Vehicles (OZEV) is offering grants to help fund electric cars and EV chargers:

• Plug-in electric cars or vans
• Government grants for low emission vehicles

Energy Saving Trust

• Funding
• Local electric vehicle infrastructure scheme

Further information from third party providers

• BP Chargemaster
• Centre for Sustainable Transport
• Fully Charged (show and YouTube channel)
• Government grant information (EDF)
• Plug-in Car Grant (PICG) - discount when buying a brand new low-emissions car
• Electric Vehicle Homecharge Scheme (EVHS) - grant contributing to the cost of charging point installation at home
• Workplace Charging Scheme (WCS) - helps businesses with the upfront cost of charger installation 
• On-street Residential Chargepoint Scheme (ORCS) - support for local authorities looking to install on-street residential car chargers
• Ecotricty - how to buy an electric car
• GRID SERVE - electric forecourts
• Octopus Energy - energy tariff designed for electric cars
• My Energi Zappi (solar EV charger)
  
• OZEV grant (Pod Point)
• OZEV grant (Shell)
• OVO Energy - drive EV tariff