Change description : 2025-08-29 00:01:00: Purchase price definition updated to reflect change to rules on interpolation family variants. [Guidance and regulation]
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Guidance for car dealerships and manufacturers on how to use the plug-in grant portal to manage OZEV plug-in vehicle grants.
This page contains separate guidance on using the portal to manage grants for:
Added guidance on using the portal to administer the Electric Car Grant.
10 April 2025
Wheelchair accessible vehicle grant limit updated.
24 November 2023
Portal user responsibilities section updated to reflect what to do when a dealer leaves the business or moves to a different dealership.
14 June 2022
The plug-in car grant is no longer available with the exception of wheelchair accessible vehicles.
15 December 2021
Guidance amended for new rates of £2,500 for small vans and £5,000 for large vans and 1,000 order limit per end customer. This update also adds a wheelchair accessible vehicle grant limit section and a definition of linked enterprises.
18 March 2021
The guidance has been updated to reflect the changes to the plug-in grant schemes announced on 18 March 2021.
19 November 2020
Removal of paragraph 2.8, which was duplicated in paragraph 3.2. Clarification that rebates were included as a discount for calculating purchase price which can be found in paragraphs 3.2 and 3.3. Update to the grant rates given on the template invoice in Annex A.