OLEV Home & Workplace Government Grant
Electric Vehicle Homecharge Scheme
From the 1st April 2020, the OLEV home charge scheme grant allows you to reduce the cost of your charge point and installation costs by £350.
- Electric vehicle home charge points installed before 1st April 2020 benefit from a higher £500 OLEV grant.
- It’s available for the majority of EV’s and plug-in hybrid cars, whether old or new.
- You can claim one charge point per vehicle and up to two vehicles per household.
- An additional grant of up to £300 is available to Scottish electric vehicle drivers via the Energy Savings Trust Scotland.
Who is Eligible For The Grant
To qualify for the OLEV grant, you will have had to purchase a electric vehicle on or after 1st October 2016 or have leased a plug in vehicle for at least six months and meet the following criteria:
- You must have off-street parking.
- You must install an OLEV-approved charge point.
- You have not already claimed the grant for your vehicle.
- You must use an OLEV-approved chargepoint installer like EV Power Point.
- You are not exceeding the limit of two OLEV funded charge points per household
What EV's Are Eligible For The OLEV Grant?
All fully electric vehicles are eligible for the grant, but unfortunately not all plug-in hybrid vehicles are. Your hybrid vehicle CO2 emissions must be below 50g/km to qualify.
The OLEV website lists all vehicles which are eligible here.
How Do I Apply For The OLEV Government Grant?
To claim the Electric Vehicle Homecharge Scheme grant of up to £350 off your charge point unit and installation, you will just simply need to answer a few questions, which our one of our friendly team will send you via online form.
Once you’ve completed the form, we will send it to the Office for Low Emission Vehicles (OLEV) to approval.
Please Contact EV Power Point if you would like any further assistance on the home charge grant.
View official guidance on gov.uk website
The Workplace Charging Scheme (WCS)
The Workplace Charging Scheme (WCS) is a grant that businesses can use to reduce the cost of installing electric vehicle charge points by up to £14,000.
- After 1st April 2020, the WCS grant is for £350 per charge point socket up to 40 sockets per business.
- The WCS is available to any business, charity or public authority.
- The grant is provided by the government Office for Low Emissions Vehicles.
- You can not claim for existing charge points.
How does My Business qualify for the Workplace Charging Scheme (WCS)?
The Workplace Charging Scheme (WCS) is available to any business, charity or public authority as long as you meet the following:
- You must have off-street parking.
- You must install an OLEV-approved charge point.
- While you do not need to currently have electric vehicles as part of your fleet, you will need to express an existing or future need for the business.
- You must have the charge point station installed by an OLEV-approved workplace charge point installer like EV Power Point.
How Do I Apply For The WSC Grant?
To claim the Electric Vehicle Workplace Scheme grant of up to £350 off per charge point and installation up to 4o units, you will just simply need to answer a few questions, which our one of our friendly team will send you via online form.
The WCS is a voucher based system. We will send your application to the OLEV and once approved you will be emailed a voucher code which then can be used by the installer to claim the grant after the installation is completed.
Please Contact EV Power Point if you would like any further assistance on the workplace grant.
View official guidance on gov.uk website
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