Electric Vehicle Homecharge Scheme – Things You Must Know!

The UK government is doing all it can to reduce the carbon footprint of the county. One of the ways applied is to encourage people to use more of Electric Vehicles. Earlier this month, the Office for Low Emission Vehicles (OLEV) announced £2.5 million as a fund for the On-Street Residential Chargepoint Scheme and now it has come up with the Electric Vehicle Homecharge scheme under which it would subsidise the installation of one or more charging points in the parking area of the EV owner.

The scheme would assist the private EV owner to cut down the cost of purchase and installation of a dedicated domestic recharging unit. This means that the EV owners would get a grant of 75% of the installation cost of one charge point and it would be capped at £500 (including VAT) per eligible vehicle. This scheme is especially launched for people who bought vehicle on and after the 1 April 2015.

The main idea is to encourage people to purchase more EVs and reduce carbon emission to pave the way for a cleaner environment.

The main eligibility criteria for Electric Vehicle Homecharge scheme:

• Individuals who become registered keepers of a new and second hand eligible electric vehicles from the 1 April 2015 onwards;
• Individuals who are assigned an eligible company vehicle for at least six months from 1 April 2015 onwards, beginning no more than four months prior to the date of installation, from 1 April 2015 onwards;
• Individuals who lease an eligible electric vehicle for at least six months from 1 April 2015 onwards;
• Individuals who use an eligible commercial fleet vehicle and are named as the primary user for at least six months, beginning no more than four months prior to the date of installation, from 1 April 2015 onwards;
• Individuals who order an electric vehicle and are in receipt of the vehicle from 1 April 2015 onwards.

Customers aiming for grant should provide proof of ownership, keepership, lease of the vehicle and should be the primary user of the EV. In addition, the date of installation must not be more than four months after the start date of the period of ownership. The government has the right to terminate the grant by offering a four week’s notice.

All the EV owners who would like to benefit from the grant should apply for authorisation. In addition, the installers who have been granted authorisation since 1 September 2014 under the EVHS scheme remain authorised under the EVHS.

Eligible Expenditure

Eligible expenditure includes:

• Cost of unit.
• Electrical components.
• Civil engineering works.
• Labour costs (for installation).
• Hardware costs.
• The VAT incurred by the householder.
• Site survey works (when leading to a completed installation).

Individuals are not eligible for the grant if they fall under the following cases:

• They are the registered keeper of an electric vehicle which is not eligible for the Plug in Car or Van Grant;
• They sometimes use a company electric vehicle, but are not named as the primary user;
• They lease or hire an electric vehicle for less than six months;
• They borrow an electric vehicle from friends/family;
• They only have access to an electric vehicle through a car club;
• The property is outside the UK.

Find here, the list of EVs eligible for the Electric Vehicle Homecharge scheme:

*The recommended retail price for these cars is above £60,000, so are not eligible for the plug-in car grant. However, they remain eligible for the Electric Vehicle Homecharge Scheme.

† These cars are no longer on sale in the UK so no longer qualify for the plug-in car grant. However, they remain eligible for the Electric Vehicle Homecharge Scheme.

Note: Information source https://www.gov.uk/

Therefore, if you have any of the above mentioned EVs then you can leverage the Electric Vehicle Homecharge Scheme.

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Kevin Patterson