The road ahead for electric cars relies on affordability, not scrapping grants
- Written by David Bailey, Professor of Business Economics, University of Birmingham
Since 2011, the UK government has been providing a tax-payer funded discount on the sale of battery electric vehicles. Known as the “plug-in car grant”, it was designed to help persuade motorists make the switch from diesel or petrol and commit to electric driving.
But last month the grant was scrapped with...