Guidance

Plug-in vehicle grant portal

Using the plug-in vehicle grant portal to apply for funding as a car manufacturer or dealership.

From:
Office for Zero Emission Vehicles and Department for Transport
Published
20 December 2018
Last updated
24 November 2023 — See all updates

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Using the plug-in vehicle grant portal

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Plug-in vehicle grant sample invoice

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This guidance is for vehicle dealerships. It explains:

Published 20 December 2018
Last updated 24 November 2023 + show all updates

  1. Portal user responsibilities section updated to reflect what to do when a dealer leaves the business or moves to a different dealership.

  2. The plug-in car grant is no longer available with the exception of wheelchair accessible vehicles.

  3. Guidance amended for new rates of £2,500 for small vans and £5,000 for large vans and 1,000 order limit per end customer. This update also adds a wheelchair accessible vehicle grant limit section and a definition of linked enterprises.

  4. The guidance has been updated to reflect the changes to the plug-in grant schemes announced on 18 March 2021.

  5. Removal of paragraph 2.8, which was duplicated in paragraph 3.2. Clarification that rebates were included as a discount for calculating purchase price which can be found in paragraphs 3.2 and 3.3. Update to the grant rates given on the template invoice in Annex A.

  6. First published.

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