OLEV Grant Information

The OLEV Grant (which is also known as the Electric Vehicle Homecharge Scheme (EVHS)) offers a £350 discount off the purchase & installation costs of a home charging point. The grant is available for a wide range of EVs and plug-in hybrids. You can claim one charge point per qualifying vehicle and each household can claim up to two charge point grants. 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, up to 40 sockets.

To be eligible for the OLEV grant you need to meet the following criteria:

• You have off-street parking
• Your vehicle is eligible for the grant
• You are the registered keeper or primary user of the vehicle after 1 October 2016
• You can provide evidence that you own or lease an electric vehicle
• You have not already claimed the grant for your vehicle
• By claiming the grant, you are not exceeding the limit of two OLEV funded charge points per household

If you meet the above criteria then the next step is to contact us for a free, no-obligation quote. As the vendor, we make the grant application and remove the discount from the overall cost. We will require a few pieces of information from you when you confirm you want to go ahead with the installation.

For more information, you can find the government OLEV website here. 

The WCS scheme is available to businesses and organisations that fulfil all of the below criteria:

• Are located in England, Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland.
• Are a registered business, charity or public sector organisation (evidence must be supplied in form of Vat Registration Number, Companies House Reference or HMRC Registration Letter).
• Are a business, charity or public authority (this includes Government Departments and affiliated agencies, the Armed Forces, Local Governments, The NHS and Emergency Services).
• Can declare a need for EV charging equipment or an intention to encourage uptake amongst their staff/or vehicle fleets.
• Has dedicated off-street parking for staff/or vehicle fleets.
• Own the property or have consent from the landlord for charge points to be installed at all sites listed on the application.

If your business or organisation meets the required criteria then you will need to complete the following steps:

• First, you complete an online application.
• If successful you will be emailed a voucher code which you can then present to your OLEV-approved installer which your installer will then use to claim the grant after the installation is complete.
• The voucher code is valid for 120 days from the date of issue.

For more information, you can find the government WCS scheme website here.