Government doubles the number of models available for the top ECG discount
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Drivers can save £3,750 off 4 more electric vehicles (EVs) as the top band of the Electric Car Grant (ECG) expands again today (3 December 2025) to include the:
The expansion doubles the number of EVs eligible for the maximum reduction under the grant, meaning drivers can now get £3,750 off 8 models across some of the most popular brands.
See a list of cars eligible for the Electric Car Grant
The government has also gone further to make it cheaper and easier to choose electric with an extra £1.5 billion at the Autumn Budget including £1.3 billion to increase available funding and extend the ECG for a further year, meaning more drivers will be able to save thousands when making the switch, alongside £200 million to accelerate the rollout of chargepoints across the country.
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The grant is helping to tackle upfront costs – traditionally one of the biggest barriers to EV uptake – and has already helped over 40,000 drivers choose electric since its launch in July.
September and October saw record EV sales with 1 in 4 new cars sold in the UK now being electric, whilst interest in some eligible vehicles doubled.
Buyers can choose from some of the UK’s best-loved brands through the grant, including Ford, Vauxhall, and Citroen, as well as Nissan whose LEAF model is set to be built at the company’s Sunderland plant helping to boost jobs and growth in the North East.
Transport Secretary, Heidi Alexander, said:
The additional £200 million to support the rollout of more chargepoints across the country will build on the £381 million to help councils deliver over 100,000 new public chargers.
This is on top of a £25 million scheme to make it easier for residents without driveways to install home chargers, enabling them to access cheaper electricity rates and charge up for as little as 2p per mile.
The government is also making it easier for people to install home charging solutions such as cross pavement charging with proposals to cut red tape and removing planning permission requirements. This could speed up residents’ applications and save drivers up to £250 in application fees.
There are almost 87,000 chargers already live across the country, with the fastest growth happening outside London in places like Yorkshire, Wales, the West Midlands, and the East of England, and rural chargepoints in England up 26% overall on the year.
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The government has also launched a review into the cost of public electric vehicle charging, looking at the impact of energy prices, wider cost contributors, and options for lowering these costs for consumers.
Overall, the government is investing £7.5 billion to accelerate the transition to electric and to maintain the UK’s leading position as having the largest EV share of any major European market from January to October this year.
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