Which vehicles qualify for the Electrical Automotive Grant? Full ECG automotive listing with our greatest (and worst) picks

In case your reply to that query was house, there’s the marginally bigger and boxier Renault 4, our Small SUV of the 12 months, which really boasts a decrease beginning worth than the smaller R5 whenever you examine like-for-like, with each vehicles utilizing a 52kWh battery. It is because the bigger R4 can be provided in additional primary ‘evolution+’ trim – one thing that’s solely obtainable with the bottom 40kWh powertrain on the R5. On prime of its additional house, the R4 additionally gives one-pedal driving – one thing its sibling doesn’t proper now – which is nice for driving round city. 

The Ford Puma Gen-E deserves a point out, too, not solely does its full £3,750 low cost make it cheaper than the petrol automotive, however the EV is an environment friendly, entertaining and nicely geared up small SUV. Throughout our testing, we discovered the onboard tech very simple to make use of and there’s a merely huge quantity of boot house. The identical could be mentioned for the Citroen e-C5 Aircross Lengthy Vary, which has a variety of as much as 421 miles on a single cost.

For household consumers who want a bit extra space than the Elroq gives, our suggestions are the Renault Scenic and Skoda Enyaq. In addition to being extremely roomy, each vehicles can ship greater than 350 miles of vary and are snug, refined, filled with tech and options designed to assist make on a regular basis life simpler.  

The EV grant vehicles to keep away from

Whereas there are many glorious, massively succesful electrical vehicles obtainable with the EV grant, we’d advocate consumers keep away from the Peugeot E-208 and E-2008, in addition to the DS 3 E-Tense and Vauxhall Mokka.