Withdrawal of grants for domestic EV charger for certain homeowners.

[sotiredofthislonelylife]

I was disappointed to read of both the reduction in the grant towards electric vehicles, and the complete withdrawal, in April next year, of the grant towards the home charge points, if you own any type of house or bungalow, even if you are still paying your mortgage. If you are renting a property, or buying a flat, you can still get it. I have been saving hard to hopefully buy an EV next year, so this is quite a blow.

IABU - It’s better to concentrate cash on renters/flat occupiers.

IANBU - It should be open to everyone if the government wants to encourage EV ownership

I don't understand why there is a distinction between the type of home and renting/mortgage, am I being thick

Our next car will be electric no doubt and it would have been nice to get some money towards the upfront costs

Oh that's rubbish. Surely it means landlords won't be interested in installing them?

It's appalling timing. I do believe there was a surge in interest with fuel prices higher. It is true that companies with charger networks need to invest more in making sure they actually work.

I am due to replace existing my company car in January. Unless my employer pays for the charger at home, looks like I am getting a hybrid, then.

I would have liked electric. But hybrid it is.

Our next car (in a number of years) will probably be electric but it’s some way off so I hadn’t really looked into it nor was I aware of the grant.

Unless I’m missing something, I don’t understand the distinction between owner occupied and rented?

Seems a bit daft given the whole infrastructure to support electric vehicles needs to be significantly developed.

If you are buying your own charging point it will add value when you come to sell. It’s going take many decades for them all to be be as standard so you will gain benefit.

A landlord really is never short tenants given how many people can afford to rent but not to buy a home. They have zero incentive to pay for 5-10 installations in all their homes so renters would be getting much less fairer deal from society as a whole. Can’t buy own home ever, can’t have an electric car when soon it be only one you can buy.

I’m not sure why a bungalow would get one maybe generally because they are for elderly or disabled and rare to see a family in one.

I’m in housing association flats if we don’t qualify for grants can’t see who would fund them. Not fair tenants pay for it then when they move on in 2y they have pay for one all over again. What if next tenant doesn’t drive but has a massive debt they must service on the property?

Despite hosting cop26 this year, the UK government is clearly not interested in the climate issue. There's been enough window dressing to make Johnson feel like he looks good (which seems to be the universal aim at all times for these people). Meanwhile policy across the board has be going in the opposite direction.