The UK government has rejected calls from the automotive industry to reintroduce the electric car grant as a means of boosting EV uptake. Responding to a plethora of recommendations outlined in the House of Lords Environment and Climate Change Committee’s Electric Vehicles report, the government detailed its stance on a wide variety of concerns and ideas relating to the electrification of the UK vehicle parc.
It says this would "stimulate the affordable market", while facilitating a shift towards EVs achieving price parity with combustion cars and "help counteract the trend towards SUVs which have broader environmental costs". The Committee said there should still be "an exit strategy" in place for the grant's eventual withdrawal, but this should only be considered once price parity is achieved.