OLEV Grant Explained

Reduce the cost of your home charge points by up to £350 with the government EVHCS grant. Reduce your home’s vehicle emissions to zero!

How do you qualify for the OLEV electric vehicle home charging scheme?

• The grant is accessible to anyone who buys an OLEV approved low emission vehicle
• Your home needs to have off-street parking
• You’ll need to have your installation carried out by an OLEV approved installer
• You’ll receive up to £350 per charger up to a maximum of two home charging points

Reduce the cost of Workplace charge points by up to £14,000 with the government WCS grant. Reduce your company’s vehicle emissions to zero!

Is your business eligible for the OLEV workplace charging scheme?

• The grant can be accessed by any business, public authority or charity
• Your business needs to have off-street parking
• You’ll need to present a business need for EV charge points
• You’ll need to have your installation carried out by an OLEV approved installer
• You’ll receive up to £350 per socket – for 40 sockets in total

Charger Installation Grant Explained:

Prospective buyers of chargers for domestic use can get £350 including VAT towards the installation. This is called the Electric Vehicle Home Charge Scheme (EVHCS).

Prospective buyer of chargers for their workplace can get £350 towards a maximum of 40 sockets e.g. £14,000 maximum. This is called the Workplace Charge Scheme (WCS).

EVHCS. There are some important details to be aware of for domestic charger grant:

1. The low emission vehicle owners do NOT make the claim for the grant. The installer does. There is a form that both installer and customer must complete to provide evidence of installation of an approved device, by an approved installer, for an approved vehicle. The grant is factored into the price of the installation. Any remainder obviously paid by the customer in agreement with the installer.
2. You cannot claim the grant for same vehicle i.e. you move to a new house having already claimed it on your previous property.
3. You can claim it for a second installation if you can prove you have two low emission vehicles. The maximum grants per household is two.
4. Installer must be on an approved government list..
5. Car must be an approved model..
6. Charger must be an approved model. It is a voucher-based scheme. The voucher must be applied for and granted BEFORE the installation takes place

 

The process is as follows:

1. Applicant completes the application via the government online portal
2. Voucher is generated
3. Approved installer completes the installation
4. Installer submits claim via the government online portal
5. Grant gets confirmed (max £350 per socket, max 40 sockets)
6. Installer gets the grant

1. You cannot apply for the voucher after the installation; you must have followed the process above.
2. You must be UK based registered business, charity or public sector organisation to be eligible i.e. you must be registered at Companies House BUT if you are not VAT registered and/or registered at Companies House, you might still be eligible if HMRC has you registered as a business for tax purposes.
3. You must have off-street parking for your low emission ‘fleet’.
4. You must own the building(s) or have consent from the owner. 

Summary: if you are thinking of buying a low emission vehicle for home or at work with a charging point at home or at work then you will not actually receive any money from the government directly. The grant is given to the vehicle dealership as purchase price incentive and for charger installation it is claimed by our installation team, who passes on the discount in their invoice to you.