Electric vehicle homecharge scheme and workplace charging scheme

As at 1st April 2020, the Electric Home charge Scheme will be set at £350 towards the cost of purchase and installation of a Charge Point at home. The same rules apply for installations at the workplace.

For EVHS, where an installer can prove that there is a pre-existing arrangement with the customer, that was agreed prior to 12 March, the installation shall still be eligible for a grant rebate of £500. This provision shall apply until the 31 May.

The change in the grant will enable twice as many people to benefit from a grant (from 30,000 to 57,000 under the EVHS). This will support the expected increase in the update of electric vehicles. 

The government is also pleased to announce 2 further changes of:

• we are extending who can benefit from the EVHS scheme to include larger electric motorbikes. Currently only electric cars and vans are eligible

• we are addressing the needs of businesses by doubling the number of sockets allowed under the workplace charging scheme from 20 to 40