{"id":2913,"date":"2015-12-22T10:37:53","date_gmt":"2015-12-22T10:37:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ukcarline.co.uk\/news\/?p=2913"},"modified":"2015-12-22T10:37:53","modified_gmt":"2015-12-22T10:37:53","slug":"plug-in-car-grant-extended-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ukcarline.co.uk\/news\/plug-in-car-grant-extended-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Plug-in Car Grant Extended until March 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Plug-In-Car-Grant-Exdended-BMW-i3.jpg\" alt=\"plug-in car grant extended for the future bmw i3 driver\"><br \/><i><font size=\"1\">Future BMW i3 drivers can expect to benefit from the extended government scheme<\/font><\/i><\/p>\n<h2>Plug-in Car Grant Extended until March 2018<\/h2>\n<p>The British plug-in car grant has been extended until the end of March 2018 &#8211; and it set to include hydrogen cars for the first time. The scheme is backed by a \u00a3400 million government package, and is expected to <i>treble<\/i> the amount of ultra-low emissions vehicles on UK roads.<\/p>\n<p>From March 1st 2016 the grant is set to be split into two separate rates instead of the current \u00a35000 flat rate: Category 1 vehicles must have a zero-emissions range over 70 miles, and will be eligible for a \u00a34500 grant. Category 2 and 3 vehicles have a zero emissions range of less than 70 miles (such as plug-in hybrids) and will receive \u00a32500.<\/p>\n<p>Category 2 and 3 vehicles with a list price over \u00a360,000 will not be eligible for the grant, but Category 1 vehicles will be.<\/p>\n<p>From March 1st 2016, drivers will also be able to benefit from the electric homecharge scheme (EVHS), with customers being able to claim 75% of up to \u00a3700 to fund buying and installation costs of home charging points.<\/p>\n<p>The Government believe this will encourage more people and businesses to adopt more zero-emissions vehicles, and it&#8217;s expected that upwards of 100,000 people will benefit from the grant over the coming years:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i>&#8220;The UK is a world leader in the uptake of low emission vehicles and the plug-in car grat has been key to that success. Extending the grant in a sustainable way ensures more than 100,000 people will benefit from financial support when purchasing (or leasing) these cheap-to-run and green cars.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are determined to keep Britain at the forefront of the technology. Increasing our support for plug-in vehicles up to \u00a3600 million over the next 5 years to cut emissions, create jobs and support our cutting edge industries.&#8221;<\/i> &#8211; Transport Minister, Andrew Jones<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The UK is now the fourth largest ULEV market in the world with drivers having 29 different vehicles to choose from &#8211; and this number is set to keep increasing as more and more companies adopt and improve EV and PHEV technology.<\/p>\n<p>Via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoexpress.co.uk\/car-news\/consumer-news\/93834\/plug-in-car-grant-extended-until-march-2018\" target=\"_blank\">Auto Express<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Future BMW i3 drivers can expect to benefit from the extended government scheme Plug-in Car Grant Extended until March 2018 The British plug-in car grant has been extended until the end of March 2018 &#8211; and it set to include hydrogen cars for the first<br \/><a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ukcarline.co.uk\/news\/plug-in-car-grant-extended-2\/\"> <strong>Read the full article&#8230;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2915,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-car-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Plug-in Car Grant Extended until March 2018<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The British plug-in car grant extended until March 2018 with a \u00a3400 million government grant. 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