£9 million EV Homecharge Scheme launches

The government has launched the next stage of its initiative to support domestic charging points.

The EV Homecharge Scheme replaces the Domestic Chargepoint Grant, a funding programme in place since February last year. This follows Transport Minister Baroness Kramer's June announcement that the Office for Low Emission Vehicles (OLEV) planned to invest an additional £9 million to promote the use of charging points domestically.



The new scheme offers grants to those who own, lease or are named as the primary user of an eligible electric vehicle from 1 July 2014 onwards. Grants will be offered from 1 September 2014 to 31 March 2015 or until the £9 million budget runs out.



Evidence of ownership or primary driver status must be supplied in order to be considered for funding, which is capped at £900 per person – this is intended to cover 75 per cent of installation costs.



Baroness Kramer said earlier this year: “Our [Domestic Chargepoint Grant] scheme has been tremendously popular and we are keen to continue the roll out of chargepoints to driveways and garages across the country.

That is why we are launching a successor scheme to help make this important technology as commonplace in your home as a plug for your kettle. It will also help create British jobs in the sector, while also cutting driving costs and carbon and improving air quality.”



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