Am I still entitled to the £2,500 plug-in car grant?

I paid a £500 deposit to secure an electric car from a main dealer, pending the financial arrangements being made. This was on 12 December. I was also given a lease contract statement which states valid for 21 days.

Now that the Government changed the electric vehicle grant, the dealer insists they have to make a different lease contract which removes the entire £2,500 grant.

My opinion is that I committed to buy the car before the grant was cut and should therefore be entitled to the £2,500.

Asked on 23 December 2021 by Colin Arkle

Answered by Sarah Tooze

Dealers and manufacturers able to claim the £2,500 plug-in car grant for orders placed in the seven consecutive days prior to the changes announced on 15 December.

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