Government support for electric vehicles

A new £5000 Plug-in Car Grant will be distributed directly to the consumer at the point of purchase and will be available across the UK from January 2011. To support this, the Government will roll out a £30m trial network of electric vehicle charging points, called Plugged in Places. 

They will be located in car parks, major supermarkets, leisure and retail centres; and local streets. The first Plugged in Places will be based in London, Milton Keynes and the North East. Over 11,000 charging points will be installed over three years. 

Read the full Department for Transport press notice here.