A guide to EV grants

Looking to get an EV? Or maybe you’re thinking about having an EV chargepoint installed. You could be in luck. There are a lot of grants available to help accelerate the adoption of electric cars.

Here's what you need to know:

• How does the Electric Car Grant work?
• How does salary sacrifice make EVs more affordable?
• Is there a grant for at-home chargers?
• Are there EV charging grants for landlords and residential car park owners?
• Can my workplace get a grant for charge points?
• What EV grants are available in Scotland?

On 15th July 2025 the government announced a new Electric Car Grant to further accelerate the adoption of electric vehicles, focusing on reducing the cost of lower priced vehicles. Here's how it works:

• Drivers could get a discount of between £1,500 and £3,750 on cars priced at or under £37,000.
• The discount is available for drivers looking to lease an EV, or pay for their car through salary sacrifice.
• It’s available on new cars ordered from 16th July, and will be automatically applied when you order.
• Whether the car is eligible, and the level of discount, will depend on the sustainability of the car’s production. This takes into account the energy used to assemble the car and manufacture the battery. The government hasn’t yet shared the specific criteria.

Salary sacrifice schemes can save drivers up to 40% on the cost of an EV. Here's how it works.

The government has made Benefit in Kind tax for EVs very low, which means if you get your car through your employer and pay for it via your pre-tax salary you save on Income Tax and National Insurance. Depending on your tax bracket, that can mean savings of up to 40%. Plus with our EV salary sacrifice scheme you get a home charger or public charging credit, insurance, servicing, maintenance and breakdown cover included in your monthly payment.

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Yes. In some circumstances, you can get financial support when installing an EV charger at home.

People who could be eligible for an at-home charging grant include:

• Renters
• Flat owners
• Landlords

If you rent your home or own a flat, you could be eligible for the chargepoint grant for renters and flat owners.

With this grant, you can get 75% off the cost of buying and installing a chargepoint socket.

To be able to get this grant:

• You must own an EV
• Your home must have its own private off-street parking space
• You must own and live in a flat
• Rent any residential property

There are two types of charging grants available to landlords and residential car park owners. One for the chargepoint itself and one for infrastructure.

The EV chargepoint grant gives you money off the cost of buying and installing a chargepoint socket.

With the EV chargepoint grant, you can get:

• 75% off the cost of buying and installing a socket (up to a max of £350 per socket)
• Up to 200 grants a year for residential properties (and a further 100 for commercial properties)

The EV infrastructure grant gives you money off the cost of any wider building or installation work that might be needed to install multiple chargepoint sockets (this can include both sockets you want to install now and later).

Examples of things that the EV infrastructure grant covers, includes:

• Wiring
• Charging posts

With the EV infrastructure grant, you can get:

• 75% off the cost of work (up to a max of £30,000)
• Up to £350 per chargepoint socket installed
• Up to £500 per parking space enabled with supporting infrastructure
• Up to 40 grants each financial year

It’s important to note that you can’t apply for the infrastructure grant if you’re a commercial landlord.

Yes – there’s specific support available for small and medium-sized businesses, known as the EV infrastructure grant for staff and fleets.

The EV infrastructure grant helps out with any costs to do with building and installation work that’s needed to install multiple chargepoint sockets, such as the installation of wiring and posts.

With this grant, you can get:

• 75% of the cost of the work paid for (up to a max of £15,000)
• Up to £350 per chargepoint socket installed
• Up to £500 per parking space enabled with supporting infrastructure
• Up to five grants across five different sites

If you’re in Scotland, you may be eligible for extra support through the Energy Saving Trust, including:|

• Interest-free EV loans
• Home charger grants
• Additional support for rural or off-grid areas

These change fairly regularly, so it’s best to check the latest on the EST Scotland site.

There’s plenty of support out there to help you make the switch to electric – whether you’re charging at home, setting up at work, or looking to lease a car through your employer.

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