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Under the reformed Plug-In Car Grant (PICG), coming into force on 9 November, grants for new plug-in hybrids will be scrapped while discounts on all-electric cars will be cut from £4,500 to £3,500. Introduced seven years ago to help the market become established, the cash incentive change has been criticised by the motoring industry who argue that it is a ‘backward step’.
Having recently published the Road to Zero strategy, with a proposal to remove petrol and diesel cars from UK roads by 2050, the government has stressed that it is now time to focus support on zero-emission models such as pure electric and hydrogen fuel cell cars.
Since its introduction, the PICG has supported the purchase of over 160,000 new cars, 100,000 of which are plug-in hybrids.
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