Consumer grants available for ultra-low-carbon vehicles
Motorists wanting to switch to electric and ultra-low-carbon cars in 2011 now have a choice of nine vehicles eligible for money-off grants.
The government today confirmed the vehicles - including the Mitsubishi iMiEV, the Smart fortwo electric drive and the Peugeot iON - that are eligible for Plug-In Car Grants from January 2011 until 31 March 2012.
The grant has been designed to reduce the up-front cost of eligible vehicles by 25 per cent, capped at £5,000.
Transport secretary Philip Hammond and business minister Mark Prisk also announced five more regions that will be installing local charging points, having successfully bid for a share of a £20m fund.
The successful bidding consortia in this second phase are based in the Midlands, Greater Manchester, East of England, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
In the Midlands, Cenex is leading a consortium in a programme to install more than 500 charging posts in locations that include shopping centres and railway stations.
The government has provided £2.9m of funding to support the £6.3m project.
The first phase of the project, from 2011 to 2013, will see charge posts installed in towns and cities including Coventry, Birmingham, Leicester, Nottingham and Northampton.
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