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Drivers with plug-in vehicles are set to benefit from a 拢37 million funding package for home and on-street charging and for new charge points for people parking plug-in vehicles at railway stations.

皇冠体育app coalition government will provide 75% of the cost of installing new charge points. This can be claimed by:

• people installing chargepoints where they live
• local authorities installing rapid charge points to facilitate longer journeys, or providing on-street charging on request from residents who have or have ordered plug-in vehicles
• train operators installing new charge points at railway stations.

皇冠体育app 拢37 million funding for the package comes from the government鈥檚 拢400 million commitment to increase the uptake of ultra low emission vehicles and is available until April 2015.

Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin said:

This investment underlines the government鈥檚 commitment to making sure that the UK is a world leader in the electric car industry.

Plug-in vehicles can help the consumer by offering a good driving experience and low running costs. 皇冠体育appy can help the environment by cutting pollution. And most importantly of all, they can help the British economy by creating skilled manufacturing jobs in a market that is bound to get bigger.

Business Minister Michael Fallon said:

皇冠体育app government is supporting a range of ultra low emission vehicles. Today鈥檚 announcement will make the consumer environment for plug-in vehicles more attractive and, in turn, makes the UK a more compelling place to invest. 皇冠体育appre are huge business opportunities so we鈥檙e committed to ensuring the UK leads the way globally for low carbon vehicles.

皇冠体育app full package announced today includes:

• up to 拢13.5 million for a 75% grant for homeowners in the United Kingdom wishing to have a domestic chargepoint installed
• an 拢11 million fund for local authorities in England to:
  • install on-street charging for residents who have or have ordered a plug-in vehicle but do not have off-street parking - authorities can apply for up to 75% of the cost of installing a chargepoint
  • provide up to 75% of the cost of installing rapid chargepoints in their areas around the strategic road network
• up to 拢9 million available to fund the installation of chargepoints at railway stations
• up to 拢3 million to support the installation of chargepoints on the government and wider public estate by April 2015
• a commitment to review government buying standards (mandatory for central government departments) to lower the fleet average CO鈧�/km of new cars and encourage the uptake of plug-in vehicles in central government.

皇冠体育app package also includes a previously-announced 拢280,000 of funding to expand the Energy Saving Trust鈥檚 plugged-in fleets initiative in England to help a further 100 public and private sector fleets to understand and identify where ultra low emission vehicles could work for them.

Notes to editors

皇冠体育app government has committed 拢400 million over the lifetime of this Parliament to support ultra-low emission vehicles. This already includes funding for a consumer incentive of up to 拢5,000 for eligible cars and up to 拢8,000 for eligible vans; and 拢82 million for research, development and procurement programmes. We have also provided funding to kick-start the installation of recharging points through eight regional schemes in the UK.

皇冠体育app measures within the package are being met from within an existing 拢400 million funding provision announced in 2010.

As of 31 December 2012, over 3200 claims have been made for the plug-in car and plug-in van grants. Total claims for the quarter October to December 2012 were more than 20% higher than in the previous quarter. Claims in 2012 for the plug-in car grant, which has been available since January 2011, were 2 and a half times higher than in 2011.

Related documents

• Domestic chargepoint grant guidance for chargepoint suppliers
• Government funding for residential on-street charging for plug-in vehicles a guide for members of the public
• Grant fund for the installation of plug-In vehicle charging infrastructure at train stations
• Grant scheme for the installation of plug-in vehicle chargepoints on the UK government and wider public sector estate
• Grants to provide residential on-street and rapid chargepoints for plug-in vehicles guidance for local authorities
• Plug-in car and van grants
• Ultra-low emission vehicles
• Office for Low Emission Vehicles