Overview

• The scheme allocates £640 million in down-payment grants to reduce the upfront cost of new battery electric vehicles, with the largest subsidies reserved for UK-manufactured models and higher-end cars excluded.
• A £63 million fund will finance tens of thousands of new charging points, including home-charging gullies for households without driveways and prominent signage for EV hubs on major A roads.
• Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander has set aside £8 million to electrify NHS ambulance and medical fleets at more than 200 sites in England, cutting long-term fuel and maintenance expenses.
• Ministers are preparing a forthcoming £30 million package to install depot charging for businesses, supporting the transition of heavy goods vehicles, vans and coaches to zero emissions.
• By lowering purchase barriers and expanding infrastructure, the initiative seeks to reverse a 65 percent drop in consumer EV enquiries and reinforce the government’s retained 2030 petrol-diesel sales ban and ZEV targets.