Here’s Every Car Manufacturer Offering UK EV Grants

At some point in the coming months, the UK Government will be introducing a new electric car grant. That’ll see up to £3750 slashed off the price of a new EV for buyers, provided the original list price is £37,000 or below.

All good in theory, but details have been vague at best. For a start, nobody really knows when it’ll start, and then there’s which cars exactly it’ll include. You see, not all EVs will be eligible – rumour has it that cars built in China and in other parts of Asia will be excluded from the grant.

No surprise, then, that several car manufacturers have been quick to introduce their own ‘grants’ immediately for customers in a bid to beat any potential losses of sales if and when cars are excluded from the grant. Here’s every manufacturer to have introduced a grant so far.

Skoda

If you're looking at picking up a new Skoda Elroq or Enyaq, the Czech manufacturer has knocked £1500 off the list price of all variants except the vRS models from now until the end of August, making it one of three manufacturers to put a hard timeline on its grant.

Cupra

You'll never guess which group the other two come from then. Cupra is also taking £1500 off the price of the Cupra Born V1, V2 and V3 until 31 August.

Volkswagen

Predictably, Volkswagen rounds out that trio. You can get £1500 off the cost of an ID3 or ID4 (just not the GTX variants...).

Hyundai

Despite being one of the UK’s most popular manufacturers, many of Hyundai’s EVs could be set to be excluded from the EV grant. As a result, it’s knocked £3750 off the Inster (go buy one), as well as £1500 off a Kona and the various Ioniq cars, including the mega 5 N and just-released Ioniq 9.

Volvo

Volvo is now offering £1500 off the list price of a new EX30, knocking down its previous £33,060 asking price.

Skywell

We haven’t driven a Skywell BE11. Based on reviews from our industry colleagues, we don’t really want to, either. It is offering £3750 towards one, but we still wouldn’t bother.

MG

Although MG may be British in identity, its cars are built in China these days under SAIC Motor. That likely means its cars would be excluded from the upcoming grant, so MG is now offering £1500 towards an MG4 or MGS5. No discounts for the Cyberster, though.

Great Wall Motor

We lost interest in the GMW Ora 03 when it stopped being the Funky Cat, but then that’s just us. In case you still wanted one, Great Wall Motor is now knocking £3750 off the price of the whole range, dropping it to £21,425 starting.

Alfa Romeo

Although the Alfa Romeo Junior Elettrica is likely to be eligible for any incoming Government grant, Alfa isn't waiting to find out. Instead, it's knocked £1500 off the price of every variant, including the Veloce.

Smart

Although Smart has its roots in Germany, its current crop of EVs are built in China in a joint venture between Mercedes and Geely. That means they'll be unlikely to qualify for a Government grant, and Smart has acted to counter that with a £1500 saving for both the #1 and #3. 

Will any others introduce grants?

Don’t be surprised to see a flurry of other manufacturer ‘grants’ being introduced between now and confirmation of when the Government’s grant begins. 

Largely by more Chinese manufacturers trying to beat a likely exclusion, and European brands trying not to lose sales in the short term. Stay tuned.