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The 2 electrical car models eligible for £3,750 acquisition grants person been revealed by the government.
Two Ford vehicles - the Puma Gen-E oregon e-Tourneo Courier - volition travel with the £3,750 discount, portion 26 different models are eligible for grants of £1,500.
The authorities announced its £650m Electric Car Grant strategy past month to assistance thrust the power to non-polluting vehicles.
Grants volition lone use to vehicles with a database terms of £37,000 oregon below, and the discount volition beryllium applied automatically astatine the constituent of sale.
Ford puts the terms of a caller Puma Gen-E astatine £28,495 and the e-Tourneo Courier astatine £32,190.
They suffice for the highest assistance due to the fact that they are the greenest disposable wrong the eligible terms range.
Here is the afloat database of electrical vehicles (EVs) eligible for the £1,500 grant:
• Citroen e-C3 and Citroen e-C3 Aircross
• Citroen e-C4 and Citroen e-C4 X
• Citroen e-C5 Aircross
• Citroen e-Berlingo
• Cupra Born
• DS DS3
• DS N°4
• Nissan Ariya
• Nissan Micra
• Peugeot E-208
• Peugeot E-2008
• Peugeot E-308
• Peugeot E-408
• Peugeot E-Rifter
• Renault 4
• Renault 5
• Renault Alpine A290
• Renault Megane
• Renault Scenic
• Vauxhall Astra Electric
• Vauxhall Combo Life Electric
• Vauxhall Corsa Electric
• Vauxhall Frontera Electric
• Vauxhall Grandland Electric
• Vauxhall Mokka Electric
• Volkswagen ID.3
The strategy comes successful effect to EV income struggling to support gait with what is needed to conscionable emissions targets.
Challenges see the precocious prices for electrical cars erstwhile compared to conventionally powered models.
The authorities has pledged to prohibition the merchantability of caller afloat petrol oregon diesel cars and vans from 2030, but has allowed non-plug successful hybrid income to proceed until this year.
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Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander said: "Our measures are driving contention successful the UK EV market, boosting economical growth, and supporting jobs and skills."
Edmund King, AA president, welcomed the accomplishment of the discounts, saying they mightiness assistance immoderate drivers "bridge the fiscal spread to marque these cars affordable".
Ian Plummer, commercialized manager astatine online conveyance marketplace Autotrader, said it had prompted the highest uptick successful user request for electrical vehicles connected the level for 3 years.
The Conservatives antecedently criticised the scheme, suggesting taxpayers shouldn't beryllium footing the bill.
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