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Fiat urges UK government to re-introduce plug-in car grant or risk missing its own EV targets

Published 21 February 2024
By Will Dron
Fiat has said “more needs to be done” by the UK government if it wants to achieve its target of 80 per cent of new car sales being EVs by 2030.
MG ZS electric car review

Used EVs need subsidies for middle class buyers

The government must subsidise the purchase of used electric vehicles by middle-income households in order to meet its climate ambitions.
Published 31 January 2023
Volkswagen to launch 2,400 electric vehicle chargers in the UK

Plug-in car grant axed

The government has announced that the Plug-in Car Grant (PiCG) is to be scrapped with immediate effect.
Published 14 June 2022
Uptake of pure-electric cars affected by reduction in government grant

Electric car sales affected by grant reduction

The uptake of electric vehicles has slowed following the reduction to the government's Plug-in Car Grant (PiCG).
Published 05 May 2021
Nearly-new electric cars cost more to run than petrol and diesel

Nearly-new EVs cost more than petrol, diesel

Electric cars bought one or two years after manufacture are costlier to run than petrol or diesel equivalents, according to the largest new and u
Published 30 April 2021
All the cars still eligible for the government's plug-in grant

These are the electric cars eligible for UK grant

Last week, the government announced that it would be reducing the scope of its plug-in car grant (PiCG).
Published 08 April 2021
2018 Tesla Model 3 USA Driving

Government ends 'Tesla subsidy'

Electric cars costing more than £35,000 are no longer eligible for the plug-in car grant, as the government takes aim at the wealthiest buyers of
Published 18 March 2021
Peugeot to plug-in the £500 hole in government grant

Peugeot, Renault plug £500 hole in EV subsidy

French carmaker Peugeot has pledged to fill the £500 reduction in the government’s plug-in vehicles grant until the end of March.
Published 17 March 2020

Electric car grant to be scrapped

Transport secretary Grant Shapps confirms the electric car grant "will go eventually" — but hasn't said when the government will pull the plug.
Published 18 September 2019