Electric car grant – all the EVs with discounts
The UK government announced in July 2025 that it would provide a grant of up to £3,750 on certain new electric cars, as a means of helping to improve new EV sales. After weeks of confusion, things finally started moving in early August.
The grants are only available to eligible cars, and the exact amount offered will depend on a range of factors. These include the car’s price (up to £37,000 on-road, although there appears to be wiggle room in there) and how environmentally friendly the production process is, including not just the cars but the factories that build them.
There are two bandings of grant on offer. The higher band provides up to £3,750 for the most eco-friendly cars built by the most eco-friendly factories, while the lower band provides up to £1,500. And there will apparently be plenty of EVs that don’t qualify at all.
The government trumpeted this as a £650 million project, but it remains to be seen how many cars will ultimately qualify. As of mid-August, some models have been announced but only a fraction of the total number of new EVs actually on sale in the UK.
In the meantime, sales of potentially eligible new EVs pretty much stopped as soon as the grant programme was announced. Unsurprisingly, customers assumed that any new EV was about to get nearly £4,000 cheaper and so they decided not to go ahead with ordering one at the existing price. To make matters worse for the car companies, customers who had ordered cars were cancelling those orders. After all, who wants to pay full price for a car if they could get the same car for nearly £4K less in a few days or weeks?
As a result, car manufacturers have had to start offering discounts equivalent to the grant amounts simply to get customers back into showrooms. Some brands are hoping that they might be refunded by the government if their applications are approved, while others seem to accept that they’re not going to get anything so they simply have to stump up the discount themselves.
The government appeared to imply that Chinese-made cars will not qualify for the grants on any level, suggesting that Chinese car factories do not meet its sustainability criteria. As a result, Chinese manufacturers were first out of the gate in offering their own ‘grants’ (which are simply discounts equal to the grant amounts), while other manufacturers started to follow shortly afterwards. Eventually, we expect every brand with EVs priced at under £37K will end up offering discounts from either the manufacturer or the taxpayer to stay competitive.
On the surface, it appears to be good news for customers – someone’s giving them up to 10% off the price of the car, and it doesn’t really matter whether it’s the government or the car manufacturer. In reality, however, a juicier up-front discount on the car is almost certainly going to mean fewer incentives elsewhere, so you may see fewer 0% finance offers, free home chargers, public charging credits and so on.
Between the grant approvals and manufacturers’ own discounting, new discounts are being announced almost every day, so we’ve pulled together a list of all the brands we currently know about. We’ve been updating this as new discounts are announced and will continue to do so, but bear in mind that the information is changing regularly. Always check with your local dealer or on the manufacturer’s website before placing any order.
Need to know info
We’ve trawled all of the car manufacturer websites to explore the fine print on these offers. The quality of information is mixed, and the terms and conditions vary considerably across different brands. For any brand offering its own ‘grant’ programme, please assume the following unless otherwise stated:
- Many of the manufacturer offers are branded as ‘grants’ or ‘contributions’, but that’s just marketing bollocks to tie in with the government’s grant programme. They’re just discounts applied to the price of the car.
- Discounts apply to new cars only, not pre-registered cars, dealer demonstrator cars or used cars.
- Discounts only apply to private new car buyers, not fleets or businesses who already have separate pricing.
- Discounts exclude Motability customers, who already have separate pricing.
- The discounts should not be conditional or linked to any finance offers, so don’t be led down the garden path by dealers who insist that you have to take their finance to get the discount. Some brands have separate finance offers unrelated to this offer.
- Discounts can be altered or removed without prior notice, so check with dealers for latest information.
- Discounts may or may not replace any other previously announced offers. Again, check with the dealer.
- Terms, conditions and exclusions will always apply, so read all documents carefully before signing anything.
- All deals will have cut-off dates, which will usually be 30 September but (again) check with the dealer. This means that the discounts will inevitably be limited to vehicles that can be delivered by the cut-off date, which may limit you to existing stock rather than ordering a car that won’t arrive before the offer ends.
Abarth
Abarth is offering a discount of £1,500 on its Abarth 500e and Abarth 600e models, in line with parent company FIat doing the same thing on its own versions (see separate Fiat information below).
This discount is in addition to 0% APR PCP finance offers on selected 500e models (not 600e).
We’ve just listed pricing for entry-level models here.
| Model | Previous price | Abarth discount | New price |
| Abarth 500e | £31,485 | £1,500 | £29,985 |
| Abarth 600e | £38,485 | £1,500 | £36,985 |
Alfa Romeo
Alfa Romeo is offering a flat £1,500 discount on all Alfa Romeo Junior Elettrica models, even the top-spec Intensa and Veloce models that are priced at more than £37,000 and wouldn’t qualify for the government grant anyway.
Alfa says that this is on top of its existing offers for the Junior range, which include 0% APR finance offers on selected Junior models on specific PCP deals, and a free home charging point with standard installation.
| Model | Previous price | Alfa Romeo discount | New price |
| Junior Elettrica | £33,905 | £1,500 | £32,405 |
| Junior Elettrica Speciale | £35,705 | £1,500 | £34,205 |
| Junior Elettrica Intensa | £38,905 | £1,500 | £37,405 |
| Junior Elettrica Veloce | £42,305 | £1,500 | £40,805 |
Alpine
The Alpine A290 – Alpine’s hot hatch version of the Renault 5 – is eligible for the government grant to the tune of £1,500.
Alpine is also offering a deposit contribution of up to £1,000 and 1.9% APR on A290 personal contract purchase (PCP) and hire purchase (HP) finance deals until 25th August. For more information and eligibility criteria on all of these offers, check with your local Alpine dealer.
| Model | Previous price | Government grant | New price |
| Alpine A290 GT | £33,500 | £1,500 | £32,000 |
| Alpine A290 GT Premium | £36,000 | £1,500 | £34,500 |
| Alpine A290 GT Performance | £36,000 | £1,500 | £34,500 |
| Alpine A290 GTS | £37,500 | £1,500 | £36,000 |
Citroën
Citroën is the first manufacturer to announce electric models that are actually eligible for the government grant, rather than offering its own discounts. The grant provides £1,500 towards six electric models in the Citroën range – the ë-C3, ë-C3 Aircross, ë-C4, ë-C4 X, ë-C5 Aircross (not yet on sale) and ë-Berlingo (short wheelbase ‘M’ models only). None are eligible for the higher-level £3,750 grant.
Citroën says that existing 0% APR finance offers will continue to be offered, with the usual caveat that terms and conditions apply to any finance offers so check with your local dealer.
We’ve just listed the starting prices for each model here to save space.
| Model | Previous price | Government grant | New price |
| Citroën ë-C3 | £22,095 | £1,500 | £20,595 |
| Citroën ë-C3 Aircross | £24,095 | £1,500 | £21,595 |
| Citroën ë-C4 | £27,650 | £1,500 | £26,150 |
| Citroën ë-C4 X | £28,715 | £1,500 | £27,215 |
| Citroën ë-C5 Aircross | £34,065 | £1,500 | £32,565 |
| Citroën ë-Berlingo M | £31,240 | £1,500 | £29,740 |
Cupra
The Cupra Born hatchback is now eligible for a £1,500 government grant on most trims. This applies for the ‘V1’, ‘V2’ and ‘V3’ trims, but not for the top-spec £45,000 ‘VZ’ which is over the government’s £37K threshold for the grant.
Cupra also has other discounts available on both the Born electric hatchback and the Tavascan electric SUV.
The grant applies to all powertrain options available but, to save space, we’ve listed the new price for each trim level with the entry-level 59kWh powertrain.
| Model | Previous price | Government grant | New price |
| Cupra Born V1 | £35,690 | £1,500 | £34,190 |
| Cupra Born V2 | £37,460 | £1,500 | £35,960 |
| Cupra Born V3 | £39,210 | £1,500 | £37,710 |
Fiat
Fiat is offering a discount of £1,500 on its Fiat 500e and Fiat 600e models (as well as the Abarth versions, see separate info above). However, the discount does not apply to the new Fiat Grande Panda models.
This discount is in addition to 0% APR PCP finance offers on selected 500e models (not 600e).
We’ve just listed pricing for entry-level models here.
| Model | Previous price | Fiat discount | New price |
| Fiat 500e | £26,535 | £1,500 | £25,035 |
| Fiat 600e | £31,535 | £1,500 | £30,035 |
GWM
GWM (Great Wall Motors) is offering a discount of £3,750 on all Ora 03 models (the car previously known as the Ora Funky Cat), matching the theoretical maximum amount of the government electric car grant.
This is a substantial discount, amounting to 15% off the price of the entry-level Ora 03 Pure, and is in addition to GWM’s existing 0% APR PCP finance offers on the Ora 03.
| Model | Previous price | GWM discount | New price |
| Ora 03 Pure | £24,995 | £3,750 | £21,425 |
| Ora 03 Pro | £28,995 | £3,750 | £25,245 |
| Ora 03 GT | £32,995 | £3,750 | £29,245 |
Hyundai
Hyundai has gone all-out and has announced discounts across all of its EV models, even those that are priced a long way over the government grant threshold. The best offer is on the new Hyundai Inster city car, which gets a £3,750 discount on all versions (which amounts to 16% off the base model Inster 01), while the rest of Hyundai’s electric models are getting £1,500 off – even the brand-new Ioniq 9 large SUV that starts at £65K.
Listing every version here would take up too much space, so we’ve just listed the entry-level version for each model.
| Model | Previous price | Hyundai discount | New price |
| Hyundai Inster | £23,505 | £3,750 | £19,755 |
| Hyundai Kona Electric | £32,400 | £1,500 | £30,900 |
| Hyundai Ioniq 5 | £39,910 | £1,500 | £38,410 |
| Hyundai Ioniq 5 N | £65,010 | £1,500 | £63,510 |
| Hyundai Ioniq 6 | £47,050 | £1,500 | £45,550 |
| Hyundai Ioniq 9 | £64,995 | £1,500 | £63,495 |
Leapmotor
New Chinese brand Leapmotor was first out of the blocks with its own discounts, following the government’s confusing grant announcement and convoluted criteria calculations. The company is offering £1,500 off the T03 city car and £3,750 off the C10 large SUV.
In addition to the discounts, Leapmotor is offering 0% APR PCP finance, but separate terms and conditions apply so check with the dealer to make sure this finance offer meets your needs.
| Model | Previous price | Leapmotor discount | New price |
| Leapmotor T03 | £15,995 | £1,500 | £14,495 |
| Leapmotor C10 | £36,500 | £3,750 | £32,750 |
MG
MG is offering a £1,500 discount on its MG 4 (including the high-performance MG 4 XPower version) and MG S5 EV models, which it says will be over and above any other incentives being offered by its dealers, including its ‘test drive voucher’ offer of £1,000 on selected models which can be claimed from the MG website.
We’ve just listed the starting price for each trim level, rather than all the versions. Sadly, the MG Cyberster sports car is not included…
| Model | Previous price | MG discount | Existing discount | New price |
| MG 4 SE | £26,995 | £1,500 | £1,000 | £24,495 |
| MG 4 Trophy Long Range | £32,495 | £1,500 | £1,000 | £29,995 |
| MG 4 XPower | £36,495 | £1,500 | £1,000 | £33,995 |
| MG S5 SE | £28,495 | £1,500 | £1,000 | £25,995 |
| MG S5 Trophy Long Range | £33,495 | £1,500 | £1,000 | £30,995 |
Nissan
Nissan has two models that are eligible for the government grant, with £1,500 towards both the Ariya and the all-new Micra (orders open in September and the car will reach showrooms before the end of the year). Nissan has also said that it expects the all-new Leaf – which will once again be built in Sunderland – to get the full £3,750 government grant.
Nissan has had to revise pricing for the Ariya to slide it under the government’s £37,000 limit, so check with your dealer to make sure any vehicle you’re looking at is eligible. Top-spec all-wheel drive models, along with the flagship Nismo model, are not eliginble for the grant and don’t carry any separate discount.
| Model | Previous price | Government grant | New price |
| Nissan Micra 40kWh | £22,995 | £1,500 | £21,495 |
| Nissan Micra 52kWh | £26,995 | £1,500 | £25,495 |
| Nissan Ariya 63kWh | £35,000 | £1,500 | £33,500 |
Peugeot
Peugeot has three models that qualify for the lower band of government grant funding of £1,500. These are the e-208 small hatch, the e-2008 small SUV and the e-Rifter people carrier (which is built in the UK at Ellesmere Port).
The company is also offering its own discount on selected models that do not currently qualify for the government grant, to the same tune of £1,500. This applies to the e-308 family hatch and estate, e-408 crossover and e-Traveller van-based people carrier (from October, does not apply to current vehicles). At the moment, there are no discounts on the remaining Peugeot electric models, the e-3008 and e-5008 SUVs.
Peugeot also has other discounts available on various EVs in its range, so check with your local dealer for current information.
| Model | Previous price | Government grant | New price |
| Peugeot e-208 | £30,150 | £1,500 | £28,650 |
| Peugeot e-2008 | £35,400 | £1,500 | £33,900 |
| Peugeot e-Rifter | £32,350 | £1,500 | £30,850 |
| Model | Previous price | Peugeot discount | New price |
| Peugeot e-308 | £34,960 | £1,500 | £33,460 |
| Peugeot e-408 | £37,060 | £1,500 | £35,560 |
| Peugeot e-Traveller | £48,925 | £1,500 | £47,425 |
Renault
All of Renault’s electric models are now eligible for the government grant, with £1,500 now on offer towards the Renault 5, Renault 4, Renault Megane and Renault Scenic models.
Renault says that it will continue its existing PCP finance offers (some models at 0% APR, some at 5.9% APR), which include deposit contributions of £250 (Renault 5 and Renault 4), £1,000 (Renault Scenic) or £1,500 (Renault Megane). There are subsidies on home charging wallboxes as well. For more information and eligibility criteria on all of these offers, check with your local Renault dealer.
Entry-level pricing for each model listed here.
| Model | Previous price | Government grant | New price |
| Renault 5 E-Tech | £22,995 | £1,500 | £21,495 |
| Renault 4 E-Tech | £26,995 | £1,500 | £25,495 |
| Renault Megane E-Tech | £32,495 | £1,500 | £30,995 |
| Renault Scenic E-Tech | £36,995 | £1,500 | £35,495 |
Skoda
Skoda is offering a discount of £1,500 on select Elroq and Enyaq models during August. Like Cupra and Volkswagen, you have to sign an order for a new car in August but not collect it until September.
This discount stands for the majority of Elroq and Enyaq model options, apart from the sporty Elroq vRS, and the top-spec Enyaq ‘Sportline 85x’ and vRS models. Some of these discounted models, like the £47,000 Enyaq ‘SportLine 85’, are priced well beyond the £37,000 threshold for the upcoming electric car grant. To save space, we’ve only listed the starting model for each trim level.
| Model | Previous price | Skoda discount | New price |
| Skoda Elroq SE 50 | £31,510 | £1,500 | £30,010 |
| Skoda Elroq SE L 60 | £33,360 | £1,500 | £31,860 |
| Skoda Elroq Edition 60 | £34,460 | £1,500 | £32,960 |
| Skoda Elroq SportLine 60 | £37,410 | £1,500 | £35,910 |
| Skoda Enyaq SE L 60 | £39,010 | £1,500 | £37,510 |
| Skoda Enyaq Edition 60 | £40,110 | £1,500 | £38,610 |
| Skoda Enyaq SportLine 85 | £47,260 | £1,500 | £45,760 |
Skywell
New Chinese car brand Skywell only has one model on sale in the UK at the moment, the Skywell BE11 mid-sized electric SUV. The good news is that Skywell is offering a £3,750 discount, equivalent to the maximum government grant, on both the Standard Range and Long Range versions.
In addition to the new discount, Skywell is offering a £6,000 deposit contribution (basically a discount) if you take certain finance offers. The Skywell UK website does not explain this very clearly, so speak to your local dealer if you’re interested.
| Model | Previous price | Skywell discount | New price |
| Skywell BE11 Standard Range | £36,995 | £3,750 | £33,425 |
| Skywell BE11 Long Range | £39,995 | £3,750 | £36,245 |
Smart
Smart is offering an additional £1,500 off its #1 and #3 electric models, over and above its existing discounts of £2,000 on the #1 and £1,000 on the #3. The upcoming #5 electric SUV is not included in the offer. The current 0% APR PCP offers are apparently still available as well.
At time of writing, this offer has just been announced and Smart has not been clear about which trim levels are eligible, as not all would fall under the government’s £37K threshold. We’ll update this if necessary, once we have more information.
| Model | Previous price | Smart discount | Existing discount | New price |
| Smart #1 Pro | £31,960 | £1,500 | £2,000 | £28,460 |
| Smart #1 Pro+ | £35,960 | £1,500 | £2,000 | £32,460 |
| Smart #1 Premium | £38,960 | £1,500 | £2,000 | £35,460 |
| Smart #1 Brabus | £43,460 | £1,500 | £2,000 | £39,960 |
| Smart #3 Pro | £33,960 | £1,500 | £1,000 | £31,460 |
| Smart #3 Pro+ | £37,960 | £1,500 | £1,000 | £35,460 |
| Smart #3 Premium | £40,660 | £1,500 | £0 | £39,160 |
| Smart #3 Brabus | £46,460 | £1,500 | £1,000 | £43,960 |
Suzuki
The Suzuki e Vitara hasn’t even arrived in showrooms yet, so this is something slightly different. Suzuki has announced pricing for the new e Vitara range, which it says has already been discounted by £3,750 from its original plans.
Full technical details and specifications for the car are yet to be published, so we can only assume that the cars will still come with all the originally planned kit, and that Suzuki hasn’t removed standard features to bring the price down…
The ‘discounted’ pricing applies until the end of the year, along with an offer for a free home charging wallbox.
| Model | ‘Original’ price | ‘New’ price |
| Suzuki e Vitara 49kWh Motion 2WD | N/A | £26,249 |
| Suzuki e Vitara 61kWh Motion 2WD | N/A | £29,249 |
| Suzuki e Vitara 61kWh Ultra 2WD | N/A | £32,049 |
| Suzuki e Vitara 41kWh Motion 4WD | N/A | £31,249 |
| Suzuki e Vitara 61kWh Ultra 4WD | N/A | £34,049 |
Vauxhall
Vauxhall announced last week that it was offering a £1,500 discount on all its EV models, which has now been superceded by the government announcing that all Vauxhall EVs are eligible for a £1,500 grant. This replaces Vauxhall’s own offer, so you don’t get both.
This means that any new Astra Electric, Combo Life Electric, Corsa Electric, Frontera Electric, Grandland Electric or Mokka Electric should be available with a £1,500 government contribution.
Vauxhall says that existing finance offers (including 0% APR PCP deals on selected models) will continue, as well as any other finance discounts and home charger discounts. Once again, we’ve only listed pricing for the entry-level models here.
| Model | Previous price | Government granrt | New price |
| Vauxhall Frontera Electric | £23,995 | £1,500 | £22,495 |
| Vauxhall Corsa Electric | £27,505 | £1,500 | £26,005 |
| Vauxhall Combo Life Electric | £32,190 | £1,500 | £30,690 |
| Vauxhall Mokka Electric | £32,505 | £1,500 | £31,005 |
| Vauxhall Astra Electric | £35,005 | £1,500 | £33,505 |
| Vauxhall Grandland Electric | £36,995 | £1,500 | £35,495 |
Volkswagen
Volkswagen has two models eligible for £1,500 of government grant funding, limited to selected specifications of the ID.3 hatchback and ID.4 SUV models. As with Cupra, any versions with a starting price of more than £37K are ineligible, like the sportier GTX models.
Volkswagen has said that it anticipates that other models in its electric range may also be eligible, with further information due “soon”.
As with other brands, here are the starting prices for the eligible models.
| Model | Previous price | Government grant | New price |
| Volkswagen ID.3 | £30,860 | £1,500 | £29,360 |
| Volkswagen ID.4 | £39,590 | £1,500 | £38,090 |
Volvo
Volvo is offering £1,500 off the price of all EX30 models, even those like the new EX30 Cross Country that significantly exceed the government’s £37K threshold. None of Volvo’s other electric models would qualify under the government’s £37K threshold and are not currently offered with an equivalent discount.
Selected EX30 models are also available with 0% APR PCP finance agreements, but this offer is currently limited to EX30 Plus and Ultra models, not the entry-level Core model.
| Model | Previous price | Volvo discount | New price |
| Volvo EX30 Core | £33,060 | £1,500 | £31,560 |
| Volvo EX30 Plus | £35,160 | £1,500 | £33,660 |
| Volvo EX30 Ultra | £43,360 | £1,500 | £41,860 |
| Volvo EX30 Cross Country | £47,060 | £1,500 | £45,560 |
This article will be regularly updated as more deals are announced, amended and withdrawn. Additional reporting by Sean Rees.
Last update: 14 August 2025.
