RDS Electrical are now fitting EV Chargepoints for electric vehicle for domestic and commercial customers.
OLEV GRANT SCHEME
In the context of home charging, the “OLEV Grant” refers to a government grant for electric car home chargers, provided by the Office for Low Emission Vehicles (OLEV).
- The OLEV Grant, specifically named the Electric Vehicle Homecharge Scheme (EVHS), provides up to £350 off the cost of purchasing & installing a home charging point from 1st April 2020.
- EV home chargers installed before 1st April 2020 benefit from a higher £500 OLEV grant.
- It’s available for most electric cars and plug-in hybrid cars, old or new.
- You can claim one chargepoint per eligible vehicle and up to two eligible vehicles per household.
- An additional grant of up to £300 is available to Scottish EV drivers via the Energy Savings Trust Scotland.
- OLEV also offer the separate Workplace Charging Scheme (WCS) grant which can be claimed by any business, charity or public authority and provides up to £350 off the cost of purchasing & installing workplace charging points of up to 40 sockets.