Electric Vehicle Homecharge Scheme

Question

The Government has committed £2.5 billion to offset the higher upfront costs of electric vehicles and funding to accelerate the rollout of the charging infrastructure. The Electric Vehicle Homecharge Scheme has been a phenomenal success and is heavily oversubscribed. We have considered carefully how to manage a transition from its current scope to one that is more focused on those that need it most.

The Government recognises the difficulties that people renting or leasing properties can face when looking to install chargepoints. We are therefore reforming the Electric Vehicle Homecharge Scheme to focus our resources on helping them. This will give more support to people who live in flats or rent. We are expanding who can apply to allow landlords, such as social housing providers, to access the scheme and providing them with additional support to install chargepoints for parking in apartment blocks.